Assessing Wolf Motor Function Test as Outcome Measure for Research in Patients After Stroke

 

 You can see for yourself that nothing in this Wolf Motor Test actually gets you recovered.  To me this type of testing is useless except you'll have to consent since it probably is needed to get insurance to pay. To me it would be much more useful to spend my time doing protocol repetitions leading to recovery than this shitshow.

Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT)

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Assessing Wolf Motor Function Test as Outcome Measure for Research in Patients After Stroke

Steven L. Wolf, PhD, PT; Pamela A. Catlin, EdD, PT; Michael Ellis, MPT; Audrey Link Archer, MPT; Bryn Morgan, MPT; Aimee Piacentino, MPT 

Background and Purpose

The Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT) is a new time-based method to evaluate upper 

extremity performance while providing insight into joint-specific and total limb movements. This study addresses selected psychometric attributes of the WMFT applied to a chronic stroke population. 

Methods

Nineteen individuals after stroke and with intact cognition and sitting balance were age- and sex-matched with 19 individuals without impairment. Subjects performed the WMFT and the upper extremity portion of the Fugl-Meyer Motor Assessment (FMA) on 2 occasions (12 to 16 days apart), with scoring performed independently by 2 random raters. 

Results

The WMFT and FMA demonstrated agreement (P<0.0001) between raters at each session. WMFT scores for the dominant and nondominant extremities of individuals without impairment were different (P≤0.05) from the more and less affected extremities of subjects after stroke. The FMA score for the more affected extremity of subjects after stroke was different (P≤0.05) from the dominant and nondominant extremities. However, the FMA score for the less affected upper extremity of individuals after stroke was not different (P>0.05) from the dominant and nondominant extremities 

of individuals without impairment. The WMFT and FMA scores were related (P<0.02) for the more affected extremity in individuals after stroke. 

Conclusions

The interrater reliability, construct validity, and criterion validity of the WMFT, as used in these subject 

samples, are supported. (Stroke. 2001;32:1635-1639.)