Qualities of a French version of the Wolf Motor Function Test: A multicenter study

 Why research this since Wolf Motor DOES NOTHING to get survivors recovered!

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 shit.

Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT)

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Qualities of a French version of the Wolf Motor Function Test: A multicenter study

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Abstract

Introduction

There are currently a small number of standardized tools in French that measure and compare the effect of constraint-induced movement therapy, or other recent therapies promoting motor recovery

Objective

To create a French version of the Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT) and assess its reliability, minimal detectable change, and criterion validity.

Method

Prospective multicenter repeated-measure design with 44 patients with post stroke hemiparesis. A French Version of the WMFT was created; it was then assessed against the Fugl Meyer Assessment-Upper Extremity (French version) to establish its reliability, the minimal detectable change and its validity.

Results

Inter-rater reliability was very good. Reproducibility of the scores was good. Cronbach α coefficients showed adequate internal consistency. The minimal detectable change (MDC95%) for functional ability scores was below 10% of the highest possible score; MDC Tea95% for performance time was very high at more than 90 seconds. Criterion validity was good.

Conclusion

The French version of the WMFT is reliable and valid. The test shows promise for use as an objective outcome measure for people post stroke in French speaking countries.(But still useless in getting survivors recovered! The only goal in stroke! This does nothing direct towards survivor recovery.)