Table 1.
Measurement Property or Protocol Element Examined | Number of Evaluations | Number of Articles1 | ||||||||||||
3 mCWT | 5 mCWT | 5 mFWT | 6 mCWT | 6 mFWT | 7 mCWT | 7 mFWT | 8 mCWT | 8 mFWT | 10 mCWT | 10 mFWT | 12 mCWT | Total | ||
Concurrent construct validity | – | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 18 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 32 |
Reliability | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 4 | – | 15 | 11 |
Measurement error | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | – | 13 | 9 |
Sensitivity to change | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | 3 |
Predictive validity | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | 2 |
Effect of walkway length | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | 1 |
Effect of walkway surface | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 |
Number of Articles1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 1 |
Abbreviations: 10 mCWT, 10-metre comfortable walk test; 10 mFWT, 10-metre fast walk test; 12 mCWT, 12-metre comfortable walk test; 3 mCWT, 3-metre comfortable walk test; 5 mCWT, 5-metre comfortable walk test; 5 mFWT, 5-metre fast walk test; 6 mCWT, 6-metre comfortable walk test; 6 mFWT, 6-metre fast walk test; 7 mCWT, 7-metre comfortable walk test; 7 mFWT, 7-metre fast walk test; 8 mCWT, 8-metre comfortable walk test; 8 mFWT, 8-metre fast walk test. 1Select articles reported on more than one measurement property and/or more than one test.