Gait Abnormality Rating Scale (GARS) is a videotape-based analysis of 16 facets of human gait. It has been evaluated as a screening tool to identify patients at risk for injury from falls. and has been used in remote gait evaluation. A modified version was published in 1996.

Scoring

The scale comprises three categories:

• five general facets
• four lower extremity facets
• seven trunk
  Torso
  Trunk or torso is an anatomical term for the central part of the many animal bodies from which extend the neck and limbs. The trunk includes the thorax and abdomen.-Major organs:...
  
  , head and upper extremity facets

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 facets, 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 gait abnormality

Gait abnormality

Gait abnormality is a deviation from normal walking . Watching a patient walk is the most important part of the neurological examination. Normal gait requires that many systems, including strength, sensation and coordination, function in an integrated fashion...

identified.