Correlation between Weight Transfer on Paretic Limb While Standing in Three Directions and Fugl-Meyer Assessment for Lower Extremities in Individuals with Stroke.

CONCLUSION: The weight transfer on the paretic leg in backward direction could be used as a clinical assessment tool to identify lower extremity performance in individuals after stroke. To minimize the gap of the ordinal scale in FMA_LE, assessment with metric units should be added. Weight transfer assessment while standing on bathroom scales in different directions provided continuous data and should be added to determine lower extremity motor assessment in individuals after stroke. PMID: 26387403 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet - Category: Journals (General) Tags: J Med Assoc Thai Source Type: research