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An extended activities of daily living scale for stroke patients
FM Nouri,Nadina B. Lincoln +1 more
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The extended ADL scale could be used as a postal questionnaire to assist in the follow-up of patients discharged home after a stroke and can be monitored and patients can also be compared on the basis of their scale score.Abstract:
A ranked assessment of daily living (ADL) scale has been developed to assess activities which may be important to stroke patients who have been discharged home. A questionnaire incorporating 22 ADL activities in four sections was sent by post to 80 consecutively registered stroke patients. Gutmann scaling was carried out on the returned questionnaires, producing acceptable coefficients of reproducibility and scalability. The revised questionnaire was then sent to 20 stroke patients. The same patients were sent an identical questionnaire two weeks later. The overall level of agreement between the two assessments was satisfactory. The extended ADL scale could therefore be used as a postal questionnaire to assist in the follow-up of patients discharged home after a stroke. Due to the scaling properties of the assessment, patient's progress can be monitored and patients can also be compared on the basis of their scale score.read more
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Are the hierarchical properties of the Fugl-Meyer assessment scale the same in acute stroke and chronic stroke?
J. Lesley Crow,Gert Kwakkel,Johannes B. J. Bussmann,Jos A.G. Goos,Barbara C. Harmeling-van der Wel +4 more
TL;DR: The unidimensional hierarchy of the UE and LE sections of the FM motor scale within 72 hours after stroke onset was confirmed and a legitimate total summed score can indicate a person's level of motor ability.
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Cervical and Trochanteric Hip Fractures: Bone Mass and Other Parameters
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Walking adaptability therapy after stroke: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Celine Timmermans,Melvyn Roerdink,Mariëlle W. van Ooijen,Carel G. M. Meskers,Thomas W. J. Janssen,Peter J. Beek +5 more
TL;DR: It is hypothesized that C-Mill therapy will result in better outcomes than the FALLS program, owing to its expected greater amount of walking practice, and the relative importance of the amount ofwalking practice as a key aspect of effective intervention programs directed at improving walking speed and walking adaptability after stroke.
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Perceptual impairment and its impact on rehabilitation outcome
TL;DR: Stroke unit patients show significantly less impairment of perceptual abilities at all stages after stroke, and perceptual impairment was a significant predictor of outcome as assessed on the Barthel Index, Extended ADL scale and Rivermead Motor Assessment at 12 months after stroke.
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Scaling the Barthel: a 10-point hierarchical version of the activities of daily living index for use with stroke patients
David H Barer,Jeremy J Murphy +1 more
TL;DR: The authors examined the hierarchical properties of the Barthel Index in a large group of stroke patients, using Guttman-scaling analysis and found that the items of the full 20-point Barthel index did not form a consistent hierarchical scale.
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