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A postural adaptation test for stroke patients.

D Kairy1, N Paquet, J Fung

  • 1Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital Research Centre, Laval, Quebec, Canada.

Disability and Rehabilitation
|March 22, 2003
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The Advanced Mobility and Balance Scale (AMBS) shows excellent reliability among raters and effectively distinguishes between stroke patients with different functional levels, aiding in mobility and balance assessment.

Area of Science:

  • Rehabilitation Science
  • Neurology
  • Biomedical Engineering

Background:

  • Assessing mobility and balance is crucial for stroke rehabilitation.
  • The Advanced Mobility and Balance Scale (AMBS) is a tool designed for this purpose.
  • Evaluating the reliability and discriminative ability of assessment tools is essential for their clinical utility.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the interrater reliability of the Advanced Mobility and Balance Scale (AMBS).
  • To determine the capacity of the AMBS to differentiate between stroke patients with varying functional levels.

Main Methods:

  • Twelve hemiparetic stroke patients and six healthy elderly volunteers participated.
  • Participants performed tasks involving head movements and walking on slopes, recorded on video.

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    • Main Results:

    • The AMBS demonstrated excellent interrater reliability, with intraclass correlation ratios ranging from 0.93-0.97.
    • Significant differences in AMBS scores were found between healthy subjects, high functional-level stroke patients, and low functional-level stroke patients.
    • AMBS global and slope subscores effectively discriminated between these groups (p < 0.05).

    Conclusions:

    • The Advanced Mobility and Balance Scale (AMBS) exhibits excellent interrater reliability.
    • The AMBS possesses good discriminative capacity, effectively distinguishing between different functional levels in stroke patients.