Factors related to daily use of the paretic upper limb in patients with chronic hemiparetic stroke-A retrospective cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The present study aimed to determine factors associated with the frequency of paralyzed upper extremity (UE) use in chronic stroke patients with severe UE functional deficiency.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 138 consecutive patients, and 117 was analyzed (median age, 55 [range, 18-85] years; median stroke duration, 24.5 [range, 7-302] months) with chronic hemiparetic stroke who were admitted to our hospital for intensive upper extremity rehabilitation. The mean Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) UE score was 28.6. All of them are independent in their activity of daily living (ADL) and without remarkable cognitive deficits. Amount-of-use score of Motor Activity Log-14 (MAL-AOU) was applied as the index of daily use of affected UE. The following para

SUBMITTER: Tashiro S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7942978 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature