Table 4.

Sensitivity to Change (N = 3 articles)

First Author, Year	Walk Test, Measurement Tool, Location	Distance (m) TD: AD: DD:	Pace	Time Interval between walk tests	N	Effect Size (ES) Standardized Response Mean (SRM)
Acute (< 1 mo) &Sub-Acute (1–6 mo)
Salbach, 2001	5 mWT	TD: 9 m	Comfortable	Time between 1 week and	50	ES = 0.83
	Stopwatch	AD: 2 m		5 weeks post- acute stroke		SRM (95% CI) = 1.22 (0.93–1.50)
	Indoor	DD: 2 m	Fast			ES = 0.66
						SRM (95% CI) = 1.00 (0.68–1.30)
	10 mWT	TD: 14m	Comfortable			ES = 0.74
	Stopwatch	AD: 2 m				SRM (95% CI) = 0.92 (0.64–1.18)
	Indoor	DD: 2 m	Fast			ES = 0.55
						SRM (95% CI) = 0.83 (0.52–1.12)
Ahmed, 2003	5 mWT	TD: 9 m	Comfortable	Time between 1 week and	63	SRM (95% CI) = 1.05 (0.79–1.24)
	Stopwatch	AD: 2 m		5 weeks post-acute stroke
	Indoor	DD: 2 m
				Time between 5 weeks and		SRM (95% CI) = –0.17 (–0.13–0.43)
				3 months post-acute stroke
				Time between 1 week and		SRM (95% CI) = 1.15 (0.80–1.43)
				3 months post-acute stroke
English, 2006	5 mWT	TD: 10 m	Comfortable	Time between admission	61	ES = 0.81
	Stopwatch	AD: 3 m		and discharge from in-patient
	Indoors	DD: 2 m		rehabilitation (56±38 days)

Abbreviations: 10 mWT, 10-metre walk test; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; 5 mWT, 5-metre walk test; m, metres; AD, acceleration distance; DD, deceleration distance; ES, effect size; mo, month(s); SRM, standardized response mean; TD, total distance.