Functional Gait Assessment
Draft — clinical review requiredA rating of walking during challenging tasks such as head turns, pivoting and obstacles.
Version shown: Published FGA form and walkway.
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What it measures
- Ability to adapt walking to challenging tasks.
Populations and purposes
- Vestibular, neurological and older-adult populations.
Equipment and space
- Marked walkway, obstacle, steps; protocol form.
Administration overview
- Ten walking tasks rated by the examiner; use the published form and instructions.
- Use the full validated protocol (linked below) when testing patients.
Scoring and units
- Each item 0–3; total 0–30.
Meaning of a higher or lower score
- Higher scores reflect better dynamic gait performance.
Interpretation example
- Item-level scores show which tasks are challenging (for example head turns).
Limitations
- Rater training needed; ceiling effects in high-functioning people.
- The form is not reproduced here — obtain it from the validated source.
- Norms, fall-risk thresholds, MDC and MCID differ by population and protocol; they are not universal. Measurement error is not the same as clinically meaningful change.
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Sources and review status
Draft — clinical review required
Starting points for verification. Validated protocols are linked where available; clinical content has not yet been reviewed.
Learning objectives
- Explain what the Functional Gait Assessment measures and for whom.
- Describe the set-up and administration overview.
- Interpret a result with its units, population and limitations.