ABSTRACT
Assessments and interventions to improve gait are commonly used in older adults. In a recent survey, clinical physiotherapists noted that they had no systematic standardized gait assessment tool, and that less than one-quarter utilized a gait laboratory for assessment (1). The vast majority of these therapists requested a gait assessment tool, a ‘‘low-tech’’ measure that could be used easily and quickly within a busy schedule without compromising reliability and validity. This chapter reviews the various ‘‘no-tech’’ and ‘‘low-tech’’ gait assessments, from self-report measures to performancebased set of multiple tasks. Outcomes are simple and at most require measures of distance and/or timing.
