Customized Manual Muscle Testing for Post-Stroke Upper Extremity Assessment.

ABSTRACT: In neuro-rehabilitation, the assessment of post-stroke patients’ motor function of damaged upper extremities (UEs) is essential. Clinicians need clear and concise assessment instruments to monitor progress recorded in intensive rehabilitation sessions. One such instrument is Manual Muscle Testing (MMT), which, in our view, requires a modified scoring model aimed at improving the assessment process of patients’ motor and functional UE status, and recording their step-by-step-progress, especially if patients undergo a short length of hospitalization (of about 10 therapy days). Hence, this paper presents a new scoring system developed by the authors. This systemresults in a more precise MMT grading scale, which has more grades and can provide a more specific muscular assessment, while offerin

SUBMITTER: Roman NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9029412 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature