Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Wolf motor function test for characterizing moderate to severe hemiparesis in stroke patients

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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