Development and reliability testing of the Comprehensive High-Level Activity Mobility Predictor (CHAMP) in male servicemembers with traumatic lower-limb loss

作者：Gailey Robert S^*; Gaunaurd Ignacio A; Raya Michele A; Roach Kathryn E; Linberg Alison A; Campbell Stuart M; Jayne Daniel M; Scoville Charles

来源：Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 2013, 50(7): 905-918.

DOI：10.1682/JRRD.2012.05.0099

• agility
• high-level activity
• lower-limb loss
• military personnel
• mobility
• OIF/OEF
• outcome measures
• reliability
• traumatic amputation
• Veterans

The opportunity for wounded servicemembers (SMs) to return to high-level activity and return to duty has improved with advances in surgery, rehabilitation, and prosthetic technology. As a result, there is now a need for a high-level mobility outcome measure to assess progress toward high-level mobility during and after rehabilitation. The purpose of this study was to develop and determine the reliability of a new outcome measure called the Comprehensive High-Level Activity Mobility Predictor (CHAMP). The CHAMP consists of the Single Limb Stance, Edgren Side Step Test, T-Test, and Illinois Agility Test. CHAMP reliability was determined for SMs with lower-limb loss (LLL) (interrater: n = 118; test-retest: n = 111) and without LLL (n = 97). A linear system was developed to combine the CHAMP items and produce a composite score that ranges from 0 to 40, with higher scores indicating better performance. Interrater and test-retest intraclass correlation coefficient values for the CHAMP were 1.0 and 0.97, respectively. A CHAMP score equal to or greater than 33 points is within the range for SMs without LLL. The CHAMP was found to be a safe and reliable measure of high-level mobility in SMs with traumatic LLL.

• 出版日期2013