1. Kinematic upper extremity performance in people with near or fully recovered sensorimotor function after stroke.
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Thrane, Gyrd, Sunnerhagen, Katharina S, Persson, Hanna C, Opheim, Arve, and Alt Murphy, Margit
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ARM physiology , *ANALYSIS of variance , *CHI-squared test , *KINEMATICS , *MOTOR ability , *PSYCHOLOGY of movement , *MULTIVARIATE analysis , *HEALTH outcome assessment , *RESEARCH funding , *STATISTICS , *T-test (Statistics) , *DATA analysis , *ACTIVITIES of daily living , *MULTIPLE regression analysis , *TASK performance , *CROSS-sectional method , *DATA analysis software , *STROKE patients , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *MANN Whitney U Test , *NIH Stroke Scale - Abstract
Background: Clinical scales for upper extremity motor function may not capture improvement among higher functioning people with stroke. Objective: To describe upper extremity kinematics in people with stroke who score within the upper 10% of the Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA-UE) and explore the ceiling effects of the FMA-UE. Design: A cross-sectional study design was used. Participants: People with stroke were included from the Stroke Arm Longitudinal Study at University of Gothenburg together with 30 healthy controls. The first analysis included participants who achieved FMA-UE score > 60 within the first year of stroke (assessed at 3 days, 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 3 months, or 12 months post stroke). The second analysis included participants with submaximal FMA-UE (60–65 points, n = 24) or maximal FMA-UE score (66 points, n = 21) at 3 months post stroke. Measurements: The kinematic analysis of a standardized drinking task included movement time, velocity and strategy, joint angles of the elbow, and shoulder and trunk displacement. Results: The high FMA-UE stroke group showed deficits in seven of eight kinematic variables. The submaximal FMA-UE stroke group was slower, had lower tangential and angular peak velocity, and used more trunk displacement than the controls. In addition, the maximal FMA-UE stroke group showed larger trunk displacement and arm abduction during drinking and lower peak angular velocity of the elbow. Conclusions: Participants with near or fully recovered sensorimotor function after stroke still show deficits in movement kinematics; however, the FMA-UE may not be able to detect these impairments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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