Toe Walking Tool.

IF 0.6 4区医学 Q4 ORTHOPEDICS

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI:10.7547/24-068

Eleni Skarmoutsou, Theofani Bania, Eleni Potamiti, Dimitra Tsouni, Panagiota Panagaki, Athina Koulosousa, Efstratia Kalamvoki, Evdokia Billis

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Abstract

Background: The Toe Walking Tool is used to highlight the need for further investigation of toe-walking children by a more qualified expert. Such a tool is not yet available within Greek clinical settings. Therefore, the aim of this study was to translate and cross-culturally adapt into Greek the Toe Walking Tool.

Methods: The Toe Walking Tool was translated into Greek according to international guidelines by five pediatric physiotherapists, all fluent in the English language. Fifteen children with toe-walking due to pathologic reasons or idiopathic toe-walking were video-recorded performing the tasks and tests of the tool. Parents answered the questions regarding the children's medical history. Seven pediatric physiotherapists evaluated the 15 children using the video recordings and the parents' answers to complete the tool. Data were analyzed with Fleiss κ, percentage agreement, and χ2 tests. Face and content validity was determined by a group of experts.

Results: The Greek version of the Toe Walking Tool proved to be clinically applicable and user-friendly. The tool was also found to have substantial intrarater reliability, with a Fleiss κ index of 0.73. The percentage agreement between the seven raters was high to very high, ranging from 86% to 100%, and no statistical differences were found between the raters (P < .1).

Conclusions: The Greek version of the Toe Walking Tool demonstrated adequate evidence of interrater reliability and can be used to refer, if required, toe-walking children for further investigation.

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脚趾行走工具。

背景：脚趾行走工具是用来强调需要进一步调查的脚趾行走儿童由更合格的专家。在希腊的临床环境中还没有这样的工具。因此，本研究的目的是将脚趾行走工具翻译并跨文化适应为希腊语。方法：根据国际指南，由五位精通英语的儿科物理治疗师将脚趾行走工具翻译成希腊语。15名由于病理原因或特发性脚趾行走的儿童进行了任务和工具测试的视频记录。家长回答了有关孩子病史的问题。七名儿科物理治疗师使用录像和家长的回答来评估这15名儿童，以完成这个工具。采用Fleiss κ检验、一致性百分比检验和χ2检验对数据进行分析。面孔效度和内容效度由一组专家确定。结果：希腊版本的脚趾行走工具被证明是临床适用的和用户友好的。该工具还被发现具有实质性的内部可靠性，其Fleiss κ指数为0.73。7个评分者之间的一致性百分比从高到非常高，从86%到100%不等，评分者之间无统计学差异（P < 0.1）。结论：希腊版本的脚趾行走工具显示了足够的证据，证明了相互之间的可靠性，如果需要，可以用来参考脚趾行走的儿童进行进一步的调查。

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Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association 医学-整形外科

CiteScore

1.10

自引率

0.00%

发文量

128

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association, the official journal of the Association, is the oldest and most frequently cited peer-reviewed journal in the profession of foot and ankle medicine. Founded in 1907 and appearing 6 times per year, it publishes research studies, case reports, literature reviews, special communications, clinical correspondence, letters to the editor, book reviews, and various other types of submissions. The Journal is included in major indexing and abstracting services for biomedical literature.