Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Saturday, April 26, 2025

Reliability and validity of the single- and dual-task Figure-of-8 Walk tests in stroke patients

 This test DOES NOTHING to get survivors recovered! What were the protocols used to improve walking? That's what is needed to know!  Not this useless testing! Doesn't anyone in stroke know how to think?

Reliability and validity of the single- and dual-task Figure-of-8 Walk tests in stroke patients


Emel Taşvuran Horata
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Güzin Kara Çakıcı
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Zeynep Arıkan
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Fatma Eken
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Emre Baskan
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Suat Erel
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Received 04 Feb 2025, Accepted 14 Apr 2025, Published online: 23 Apr 2025
 
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ABSTRACT

Objectives

To assess the validity and reliability of the single- and dual-task Figure-of-8 Walk (F8W) tests in stroke patients.

Methods

Thirty-two patients aged 61.09   ±   9.27 years (mean) were enrolled. The general cognitive function and stroke severity were assessed using the Standardized Mini Mental Test and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, respectively. The single- and dual-task F8W tests were performed in the study. The F8W test with a cognitive task of counting backward by threes (F8W  +  cog), and the F8W test with a motor task of carrying a glass of water on a tray (F8W  +  mot) consisted dual-task F8W. Relative and absolute reliability was assessed using the test–retest method and Bland–Altman plots. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) and standard error of measurement (SEM) values were calculated. To assess convergent validity, the Timed Up and Go Test (TUGT), the 10-Meter Walk Test (10mWT), the Modified Four-Square Step Test (mFSST), and the Six-Spot Step Test (SSST) were administered.

Results

The test–retest reliability of the F8W, F8W  +  cog, and F8W  +  mot tests demonstrated excellent results, with ICC values of 0.938, 0.929, and 0.935, respectively, and SEM values of 4.57, 5.52, and 5.01. Bland–Altman plots demonstrated that the F8W, F8W  +  cog, and F8W  +  mot were quite compatible with all tests (p > 0.99). All F8W tests were moderate to very strong correlation with the TUGT, 10mWT, mFSST, and SSST (p < 0.01).

Conclusion

The single- and dual-task F8W tests are useful reliable and valid tests in stroke patients.

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