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Gait & Posture 39 (2014) 810–815 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Gait & Posture jo u rn al h om ep age: ww w.els evier.c o m/lo c ate/g aitp os t The intra-rater reliability and agreement of compensatory stepping thresholds of healthy subjects Jeremy R. Crenshaw 1, Kenton R. Kaufman * Motion Analysis Laboratory, Division of Orthopedic Research, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street SW, Charlton North L-110K, Rochester, MN 55905, USA A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the test–retest, intra-rater reliability and agreement of Received 2 July 2013 compensatory stepping thresholds. A protocol was developed to establish anteroposterior single- Received in revised form 30 September 2013 stepping thresholds, anteroposterior multiple-stepping thresholds, and lateral single-stepping thresh- Accepted 5 November 2013 olds. Healthy, young subjects stood on a microprocessor-controlled treadmill, and responded to three series of progressively challenging surface translations. Subjects were instructed to ‘‘try not to step’’ Keywords: when establishing single-stepping thresholds or ‘‘try to take only one step’’ when establishing multiple- Falls stepping thresholds. Stepping thresholds were defined as the minimum disturbance magnitude that Clinical assessments Balance