I'm sure your therapists can decipher this to your benefit.
http://search.naric.com/research/rehab/redesign_record.cfm?search=2&type=all&criteria=J64923&phrase=no&rec=120157
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
, Volume 93(11)
, Pgs. 1963-1967.
NARIC Accession Number: J64923. What's this?
ISSN: 0003-9993.
Author(s): Hodics, Timea M.; Nakatsuka, Kyle; Upreti, Bhim; Smith, Patricia S.; Pezzullo, John C..
Publication Year: 2012.
Number of Pages: 5.
Abstract: Study investigated the validity of using
the Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT) to describe the residual functional
abilities of moderate-to-severely affected stroke patients. Data were
collected as part of 2 double-blind, sham-controlled, randomized
interventional studies. Thirty-two stroke patients with moderate to
severe hemiparesis were evaluated with the upper extremity Fugl-Meyer
(UFM) and the WMFT in the same setting before treatment. WMFT scores
were calculated using (1) median performance times and (2) a new
calculation using the mean rate of performance. Researchers compared the
distribution of values from the 2 methods and examined the correlation
between the WMFT and UFM for the traditional and the new calculation.
WMFT rate values were more evenly distributed across their range than
median WMFT time scores. The association between the WMFT rate and UFM
was as good as the association between the median WMFT time scores and
UFM. The results indicate that the new WMFT mean rate of performance is
valid and a more sensitive measure in describing the functional
activities of the moderate-to-severely affected upper extremity of
stroke subjects and avoids the pitfalls of the median WMFT time
calculations.
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