Comparing Home Upper Extremity Activity with Clinical Evaluations of Arm Function in Chronic Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine if clinical evaluations of post-stroke arm function correspond to everyday motor performance indexed by arm accelerometers.

Design

Cross-sectional study analyzing baseline data from a larger trial (NCT02665052).

Setting

Outpatient research center.

Participants

Twenty community-dwelling adults with chronic arm motor deficits (stroke≥6mo).

Intervention

72-hours of home wrist-worn accelerometry during normal routine.

Main outcome measures

Clinical evaluations included the Fugl-Meyer (FM), Action Research Arm Test (ARAT), Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT), and two self-assessments: the Motor Activity Log (MAL) and hand motor subscale of the Stroke Impact Scale (SIS). Accelerometer-derived variables included quantifications of move

SUBMITTER: Bhatnagar K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7739859 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature