The relationship between the Edinburgh Visual Gait Score, the Gait Profile Score and GMFCS levels I–III

Reliability and validity of Edinburgh visual gait score as an evaluation tool for children with cerebral palsy

“…This observation was described in a previous study [14] with a significant difference in the gait score reliability when evaluating children with GMFCS level I and level III. This finding may suggest that in more complex cases, the isolated visual gait analysis is not enough to make a proper evaluation of the gait pattern.…”

“…This finding may suggest that in more complex cases, the isolated visual gait analysis is not enough to make a proper evaluation of the gait pattern. However, the scale can be useful to detect distal changes in higher functioning children after surgical procedures especially if there is improvement in the GMFCS level of the patient, as was mentioned by other authors [14,15].…”

“…These variables were assessed in previous studies [8,12,13] with good reliability and validity, making the scale, as described previously, the best visual scale currently available [13]. However, available studies, focused on this scale, have been developed mainly by the Edinburgh group [10][11][12]14]; and in the studies where different groups applied the scale, only specific aspects were addressed such as observer reliability [2,6], influence of experience on reliability [8] and responsiveness of the EVGS to surgical interventions [15]. Therefore, more information is still needed from different groups, to evaluate the role that the scale can have in the routine clinical assessment of gait even when 3D gait analysis is available.…”

Using the Edinburgh Visual Gait Score to assess gait in children with cerebral palsy: A feasibility evaluation

“…The EVGS identified changes in the gait of children with CP after two months of physiotherapy intervention and showed a statistically significant difference between the total EVGS scores before and after the intervention for both sides. The current findings agreed with the previous studies of Read et al (2003),Bella et al (2012), Rathinam et al (2014)and Robinson et al (2015), who supported the use of the EVGS as a worthwhile measurement tool to assess gait in children with CP, when 3D gait analysis is not available, in order to evaluate the treatment outcome.…”

“…However, most clinicians will not have access to gait laboratories, so it is useful for clinicians to use measurement tools that can show changes that may occur with typical rehabilitation programs. The EVGS is proposed as a simple and cost-effective tool for use in every-day clinical practice, when Instrumented gait analysis (IGA) is not available (Read et al 2003, Harvey and Gorter 2011, Rathinam et al 2014, Robinson et al 2015. The EVGS appears to have higher reliability and validity compared with the other tools, it has a strong agreement with the kinetic evaluation methods and it seems to be sensitive enough to note changes following intervention (Read et al 2003, Ong et al 2008, Bella et al 2012.…”