Construct Validity of the Stroke Upper-Limb Capacity Scale as a Measure of Upper Extremity Capacity

The Stroke Upper-Limb Capacity Scale (SULCS) is a standardized assessment of 10 upper extremity (UE) functional tasks, but there are little data on construct validity in acute stroke. Using International Classification of Function definitions, we hypothesize: H1 – a stronger relationship between the SULCS and another activity measure (Functional Independence Measure Selfcare (FIM-SC)), as compared to the SULCS and an impairment measure Motricity Index-UE (MI-UE)); H2 – a stronger association between the SULCS and UE items on the FIM (eating, grooming an d bathing (FIM-E, FIM-G, FIM-Ba, respectively)) compared to FIM items not dependent on UE function (walking, bowel and expression (FIM-W, FIM-Bo, FIM-Exp, respectively)).

Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - December 1, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: George Ghafari, Abhishek Jaywant, Marc Campo, Joan Toglia, Michael O'Dell Tags: Research Poster 2194689 Source Type: research