Measuring Habitual Arm Use Post-stroke With a Bilateral Time-Constrained Reaching Task.

ABSTRACT: Background: Spontaneous use of the more-affected arm is a meaningful indicator of stroke recovery. The Bilateral Arm Reaching Test (BART) was previously developed to quantify arm use by measuring arm choice to targets projected over a horizontal hemi-workspace. In order to improve clinical validity, we constrained the available movement time, thereby promoting more spontaneous decision making when selecting between the more-affected and less affected arm during the BART. Methods: Twenty-two individuals with mild to moderate hemiparesis were tested with the time-based BART in three time-constraint conditions: no-time constraint, medium, and fast conditions. Arm use was measured across three sessions with a 2-week interval in a spontaneous choice block, in which participants we

SUBMITTER: Kim S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6213443 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature