Gait variability in multiple sclerosis: a better falls predictor than EDSS in patients with low disability

Allali, Gilles; Laidet, Magali; Herrmann, François; Armand, Stéphane; Edelsten, Charlotte; Assal, Frédéric; Lalive d'Epinay, Patrice

doi:10.1007/s00702-016-1511-z

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Gait variability in multiple sclerosis: a better falls predictor than EDSS in patients with low disability

ContributorsAllali, Gilles; Laidet, Magali; Herrmann, François; Armand, Stéphane

; Edelsten, Charlotte; Assal, Frédéric; Lalive d'Epinay, Patrice

Published inJournal of neural transmission, vol. 123, no. 4, p. 447-450

Publication date2016

Abstract

This longitudinal study aims to compare the role of stride time variability (STV) and EDSS for predicting falls in 50 patients with multiple sclerosis with low disability. 21.7 % developed falls (follow-up: 22 months). STV (IRR: 1.73, 95 % CI: 1.23-2.41, p = 0.001) and EDSS (IRR: 2.29, 95 % CI: 1.35-3.90, p = 0.002) were associated with the number of falls. Adding STV to EDSS improves the predictive power of the model from 21 to 26 %, but not adding EDSS to STV.

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Gait disorders
Falls
Disability
Longitudinal study
Multiple sclerosis

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ALLALI, Gilles et al. Gait variability in multiple sclerosis: a better falls predictor than EDSS in patients with low disability. In: Journal of neural transmission, 2016, vol. 123, n° 4, p. 447–450. doi: 10.1007/s00702-016-1511-z

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PID : unige:84216
DOI : 10.1007/s00702-016-1511-z
PMID : 26846418

Journal ISSN0300-9564

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