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Exploring expectations for upper-extremity motor treatment in people after stroke: a secondary analysis
Eliza M Prager1, Rebecca L Birkenmeier, Catherine E Lang
1Program in Occupational Therapy, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Objective:
We explored expectations for outcomes during a research intervention for people with stroke.
Method:
Twelve people with chronic stroke participated in this secondary analysis from a pilot trial of a high-repetition, task-specific, upper-extremity intervention. First, we examined relationships between individual expectancy and session-by-session achievement of high numbers of repetitions. Second, we examined the relationship between expectancy for the intervention as a whole and improvements in upper-extremity motor function. We used Spearman rank-order correlation coefficients to evaluate the relationships.
Results:
Correlations between individual expectancy and session-by-session achievement ranged from 0 to .84. Expectancy for improvement from the intervention was good (average = 7 of 10) but had a low correlation (.17) with actual improvement.
Conclusion:
Individual expectancy ratings were inconsistently related to session-by-session achievement. Expectancy for the invention as a whole was not related to improvement in upper-extremity motor function.
