Validity of Robot-Based Assessments of Upper Extremity Function.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the validity of 5 robot-based assessments of arm motor function poststroke.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Outpatient clinical research center.

Participants

Volunteer sample of participants (N=40; age, >18y; 3-6mo poststroke) with arm motor deficits that had reached a stable plateau.

Interventions

Not applicable.

Main outcome measures

Clinical standards included the arm motor domain of the Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) and 5 secondary motor outcomes: hand/wrist subsection of the arm motor domain of the FMA, Action Research Arm Test, Box and Block test (BBT), hand motor subscale of the Stroke Impact Scale Version 2.0, and Barthel Index. Robot-based assessments included wrist targeting, finger targeting, finger movement spe

SUBMITTER: McKenzie A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5736001 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature