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Customized Manual Muscle Testing for Post-Stroke Upper Extremity Assessment
In neuro-rehabilitation, the assessment of post-stroke patients’ motor function of damaged upper extremities (UEs) is essential. Clinicians need clear and concise assessment instruments to monitor progress recorded in intensive rehabilitation sessions. One such instrument is Manual Muscle Testing (M...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9029412/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35447988 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12040457 |
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author | Roman, Nadinne Alexandra Miclaus, Roxana Steliana Nicolau, Cristina Sechel, Gabriela |
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description | In neuro-rehabilitation, the assessment of post-stroke patients’ motor function of damaged upper extremities (UEs) is essential. Clinicians need clear and concise assessment instruments to monitor progress recorded in intensive rehabilitation sessions. One such instrument is Manual Muscle Testing (MMT), which, in our view, requires a modified scoring model aimed at improving the assessment process of patients’ motor and functional UE status, and recording their step-by-step-progress, especially if patients undergo a short length of hospitalization (of about 10 therapy days). Hence, this paper presents a new scoring system developed by the authors. This systemresults in a more precise MMT grading scale, which has more grades and can provide a more specific muscular assessment, while offering more clarity in quantifying patients’ progress after physical therapy. A prospective study was made of 41 post-stroke patients with upper extremity (UE) impairments. To determine the validity of the assessment tool for hypothesizing, and the unidimensionality and internal consistency of the customized model, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with a structural equation model (SEM), Cronbach’s Alpha, and Pearson correlation coefficients were used with Fugl–Meyer (FM) assessments, the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS), AROM, and the Modified Rankin Scale (MRS). Considering the unidimensionality of the instrument used, we performed a linear regression to identify whether certain movements performed segmentally by the manually evaluated muscles influence the measured manual score of the whole UE. All indices suggested a good model fit, and a Cronbach’s Alpha of 0.920 suggested strong internal consistency. The Pearson correlation coefficient of the MMT-customized score with AROM was 0.857, p < 0.001; that with FMUE was 0.905, p < 0.001; that with MRS was −0.608, p = 0.010; and that with MAS was −0.677, p < 0.001. The linear regression results suggest that wrist extensors, shoulder abductors, and finger flexors can influence the manual assessment of the muscle strength of the whole UE, thereby improving post-stroke patient management. The results of our research suggest that, using the proposed scoring, MMT may be a useful tool for UE assessment in post-stroke patients. |
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spelling | pubmed-90294122022-04-23 Customized Manual Muscle Testing for Post-Stroke Upper Extremity Assessment Roman, Nadinne Alexandra Miclaus, Roxana Steliana Nicolau, Cristina Sechel, Gabriela Brain Sci Article In neuro-rehabilitation, the assessment of post-stroke patients’ motor function of damaged upper extremities (UEs) is essential. Clinicians need clear and concise assessment instruments to monitor progress recorded in intensive rehabilitation sessions. One such instrument is Manual Muscle Testing (MMT), which, in our view, requires a modified scoring model aimed at improving the assessment process of patients’ motor and functional UE status, and recording their step-by-step-progress, especially if patients undergo a short length of hospitalization (of about 10 therapy days). Hence, this paper presents a new scoring system developed by the authors. This systemresults in a more precise MMT grading scale, which has more grades and can provide a more specific muscular assessment, while offering more clarity in quantifying patients’ progress after physical therapy. A prospective study was made of 41 post-stroke patients with upper extremity (UE) impairments. To determine the validity of the assessment tool for hypothesizing, and the unidimensionality and internal consistency of the customized model, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with a structural equation model (SEM), Cronbach’s Alpha, and Pearson correlation coefficients were used with Fugl–Meyer (FM) assessments, the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS), AROM, and the Modified Rankin Scale (MRS). Considering the unidimensionality of the instrument used, we performed a linear regression to identify whether certain movements performed segmentally by the manually evaluated muscles influence the measured manual score of the whole UE. All indices suggested a good model fit, and a Cronbach’s Alpha of 0.920 suggested strong internal consistency. The Pearson correlation coefficient of the MMT-customized score with AROM was 0.857, p < 0.001; that with FMUE was 0.905, p < 0.001; that with MRS was −0.608, p = 0.010; and that with MAS was −0.677, p < 0.001. The linear regression results suggest that wrist extensors, shoulder abductors, and finger flexors can influence the manual assessment of the muscle strength of the whole UE, thereby improving post-stroke patient management. The results of our research suggest that, using the proposed scoring, MMT may be a useful tool for UE assessment in post-stroke patients. MDPI 2022-03-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9029412/ /pubmed/35447988 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12040457 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Roman, Nadinne Alexandra Miclaus, Roxana Steliana Nicolau, Cristina Sechel, Gabriela Customized Manual Muscle Testing for Post-Stroke Upper Extremity Assessment |
title | Customized Manual Muscle Testing for Post-Stroke Upper Extremity Assessment |
title_full | Customized Manual Muscle Testing for Post-Stroke Upper Extremity Assessment |
title_fullStr | Customized Manual Muscle Testing for Post-Stroke Upper Extremity Assessment |
title_full_unstemmed | Customized Manual Muscle Testing for Post-Stroke Upper Extremity Assessment |
title_short | Customized Manual Muscle Testing for Post-Stroke Upper Extremity Assessment |
title_sort | customized manual muscle testing for post-stroke upper extremity assessment |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9029412/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35447988 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12040457 |
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