A Novel Multiple-Cue Observational Clinical Scale for Functional Evaluation of Gait After Stroke – The Stroke Mobility Score (SMS)

Dominik Raab; Brigitta Diószeghy-Léránt; Meret Wünnemann; Christina Zumfelde; Elena Cramer; Alina Rühlemann; Johanna Wagener; Silke Gegenbauer; Francisco Geu Flores; Marcus Jäger; Dörte Zietz; Harald Hefter; Andres Kecskemethy; Mario Siebler

doi:10.12659/MSM.923147

15 September 2020 : Clinical Research

A Novel Multiple-Cue Observational Clinical Scale for Functional Evaluation of Gait After Stroke – The Stroke Mobility Score (SMS)

Dominik Raab^1ABCDEFG*, Brigitta Diószeghy-Léránt^2ABF, Meret Wünnemann^2B, Christina Zumfelde^2B, Elena Cramer^3BE, Alina Rühlemann^4B, Johanna Wagener^45B, Silke Gegenbauer^6BE, Francisco Geu Flores^1G, Marcus Jäger^45BEG, Dörte Zietz^3BEG, Harald Hefter^7ABCDEFG, Andres Kecskemethy^1ACDEFG, Mario Siebler^2ABCDEFG

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.923147

Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e923147

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Table 3 Corrected item-total correlation and Cronbach’s alpha for SMS subscores and total score for 6 sample medical raters.

SMS item	Corrected item-total correlation						Cronbach’s alpha coefficient
SMS item	Rater 1	Rater 2	Rater 3	Rater 4	Rater 5	Rater 6	Cronbach’s alpha coefficient
Total score	.951	.943	.962	.938	.961	.948	.983
Trunk posture	.750	.787	.806	.706	.834	.767	.919
Leg movement	.797	.930	.898	.889	.890	.873	.962
Arm movement	.702	.831	.872	.802	.849	.861	.931
Gait speed	.888	.893	.878	.737	.883	.830	.949
Gait fluency	.815	.848	.801	.772	.839	.847	.939
Stability/risk of falling	.900	.903	.920	.911	.922	.932	.974
0.8	≤ Corrected item-total correlation ≤	1	High
0.6	≤ Corrected item-total correlation <	0.8	Good
0.4	≤ Corrected item-total correlation <	0.6	Moderate
0.2	≤ Corrected item-total correlation <	0.4	Weak
	Corrected item-total correlation <	0.2	Poor
0.9	< Cronbach’s alpha ≤	1	Excellent
0.8	< Cronbach’s alpha ≤	0.9	High
0.7	< Cronbach’s alpha ≤	0.8	Acceptable
0.6	< Cronbach’s alpha ≤	0.7	Disputable
0.5	< Cronbach’s alpha ≤	0.6	Low
	Cronbach’s alpha ≤	0.5	Unacceptable

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