The assessment of gait disorders in neurorehabilitation

Recovery of walking function is one of the main objectives in stroke rehabilitation. This is a challenging goal that can be addressed with specific rehabilitation interventions that must be preceded by careful evaluations to identify the relevant gait problems. Selecting appropriate outcome measures to assess this recovery is complex because of patient-related factors such as the heterogeneity of the stroke etiology, severity of symptoms and spontaneous recovery. Despite these heterogeneous factors, a number of approaches might help both clinicians and researchers to select appropriate outcome measures for their respective settings. In this chapter, we present a comprehensive overview of the approaches that can be used to select outcome measures to evaluate the effects of gait-training interventions in patients with stroke. © 2018, Springer International Publishing AG.