Gait Abnormality Rating Scale

Gait Abnormality Rating Scale (GARS) (Wolfson et al., 1990) is a videotape-based analysis of 16 facets of human gait. The scale comprises three categories: Each item has a score range from 0 (good function) to 3 (poor function). The total GARS score is the sum of the 16 individual items, and the total score represents a rank ordering of risk for falling, based on the number of gait abnormalities recognized and the severity of any abnormality identified.
 * five general categories
 * four lower extremity categories
 * seven trunk, head and upper extremity categories.