Concurrent validity of an immersive virtual reality version of the Box and Block Test to assess manual dexterity among patients with stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background

After a stroke, experts recommend regular monitoring and kinematic assessments of patients to objectively measure motor recovery. With the rise of new technologies and increasing needs for neurorehabilitation, an interest in virtual reality has emerged. In this context, we have developed an immersive virtual reality version of the Box and Block Test (BBT-VR). The aim of this study was to assess the concurrent validity of the BBT-VR among patients with stroke and healthy participants.

Methods

Twenty-three healthy participants and 22 patients with stroke were asked to perform the classical Box and Block Test (BBT) and BBT-VR three times with both hands. Concurrent validity was assessed through correlations between these two tests and reliability of the BBT-VR throug

SUBMITTER: Everard G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8783988 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature