Establishing levels of arm-hand activities in stroke patients: the arm-hand-activities-scale (AHAS).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Post-stroke limitations in arm-hand activities are prevalent, yet a system for categorizing these limitations like the Functional Ambulation Categories (FAC) is lacking. The Arm-Hand-Activities-Scale (AHAS) was developed and psychometric properties of this classification were investigated.

Design

Mixed methods to examine comprehensibility, inter-rater reliability, correlations with the Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) and the Action Research Arm Test (ARAT), and sensitivity to change.

Subjects/patients

76 professionals answered a comprehensibility questionnaire and 85 professionals an inter-rater reliability questionnaire.

Methods

For comprehensibility and inter-rater reliability, standardized video sequences of each category were assessed. Cut-off values

SUBMITTER: Hebenstreit C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12848808 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature