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Table 3 Laboratory based test-retest reliability (1 week apart) for AX3 wearable system micro gait measurement

From: Comprehensive measurement of stroke gait characteristics with a single accelerometer in the laboratory and community: a feasibility, validity and reliability study

Variable

Median (IQR)

Correlations/agreements

 

Time point 1

Time point 2

Median difference (%)

ICC

LoA % (95% LoA)

r

Mean

 Step velocity (m/s)

1.08 (0.40)

1.08 (0.345)

0 (0%)

0.534*

1.0 (0.34, −0.30)

0.547**

 Step length (m)

0.657 (0.113)

0.642 (0.140)

−0.015 (−2%)

0.419

1.0 (0.31, −0.32)

0.572**

 Step time (s)

0.600 (0.130)

0.601 (0.123)

−0.001(0.2%)

0.844**

1.0 (0.28, −0.3)

0.941**

 Swing time (s)

0.485 (0.174)

0.467 (0.117)

−0.018 (−4%)

0.858**

1.0 (0.24, −0.28)

0.926**

 Stance time (s)

0.743 (0.136)

0.740 (0.130)

−0.003 (−0.4%)

0.819**

0.78 (0.32, −0.34)

0.930**

Variability

 Step velocity (m/s)

0.150 (0.053)

0.162 (0.130)

0.012 (7%)

0.343

3.7 (0.33, −0.26)

0.427*

 Step length (m)

0.082 (0.077)

0.123 (0.131)

0.041 (33%)

0.632**

2.8 (0.21, −0.13)

0.693**

 Step time (s)

0.056 (0.097)

0.082 (0.208)

0.026 (32%)

0.777**

4.17 (0.36, −0.24)

0.886**

 Swing time (s)

0.063 (0.098)

0.082 (0.168)

0.019 (23%)

0.793**

4.1(0.33, −0.23)

0.901**

 Stance time (s)

0.062 (0.104)

0.087 (0.195)

0.025 (29%)

0.784**

4 (0.36, −0.24)

0.909**

Asymmetry

 Step length (m)

0.084 (0.216)

0.106 (0.125)

0.022 (21%)

−0.194

5.1 (0.36, −0.32)

0.015

 Step time (s)

0.045 (0.085)

0.036 (0.077)

0.009 (25%)

0.813**

3.6 (0.14, −0.12)

0.628**

 Swing time (s)

0.044 (0.077)

0.035 (0.082)

−0.009 (26%)

0.857**

3.3 (0.12, −0.10)

0.545**

 Stance time (s)

0.045 (0.087)

0.042 (0.075)

−0.003 (7%)

0.857**

3.2 (0.11, −0.11)

0.525**

  1. T1 Time point 1, T2 Time point 2, IQR Interquartile range, ICC Intraclass correlation coefficient, LoA% limits of agreement as a percentage of the mean of the two systems, r Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient
  2. **p ≤ 0.01 *p ≤ 0.05