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Assessing the Turning Ability during Walking in People with Stroke Using L Test

Background: The L Test of Functional Mobility (L Test) was developed to assess the advanced mobility, which includes both turning and walking ability. This study aimed to evaluate (1) the intra-rater reliability of the L Test in four turning conditions, (2) the correlation with other stroke-specific...

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Autores principales: Ng, Shamay S. M., Tse, Mimi M. Y., Chen, Peiming, Lam, Tony P. S., Yeung, Tony H. T., Liu, Tai-Wa, So, Billy C. L.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9963585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36834318
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043618
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author Ng, Shamay S. M.
Tse, Mimi M. Y.
Chen, Peiming
Lam, Tony P. S.
Yeung, Tony H. T.
Liu, Tai-Wa
So, Billy C. L.
author_facet Ng, Shamay S. M.
Tse, Mimi M. Y.
Chen, Peiming
Lam, Tony P. S.
Yeung, Tony H. T.
Liu, Tai-Wa
So, Billy C. L.
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description Background: The L Test of Functional Mobility (L Test) was developed to assess the advanced mobility, which includes both turning and walking ability. This study aimed to evaluate (1) the intra-rater reliability of the L Test in four turning conditions, (2) the correlation with other stroke-specific impairment for community-dwelling older adults with stroke, and (3) the optimal cut-off completion time of the L Test to distinguish the difference of performance between healthy older adults and people with stroke. Methods: This is a cross-sectional design. Thirty older adults with stroke and healthy older adults were included. The subjects were assessed by L Test along with other stroke-specific outcomes. Results: The L Test showed excellent intra-rater reliability (ICC = 0.945–0.978) for the four turning conditions. There were significant correlations between L Test completion times and Fugl–Meyer Assessment–Lower Extremity (FMA-LE) scores, Fugl–Meyer Assessment–Upper Extremity (FMA-UE) scores, Berg Balance Scale (BBS) score, and Timed Up and Go (TUG) Test scores. The cut-off of the L Test was established as 23.41–24.13 s. Conclusion: The L Test is an easy-to-administer clinical test for assessing the turning ability of people with stroke.
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spelling pubmed-99635852023-02-26 Assessing the Turning Ability during Walking in People with Stroke Using L Test Ng, Shamay S. M. Tse, Mimi M. Y. Chen, Peiming Lam, Tony P. S. Yeung, Tony H. T. Liu, Tai-Wa So, Billy C. L. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: The L Test of Functional Mobility (L Test) was developed to assess the advanced mobility, which includes both turning and walking ability. This study aimed to evaluate (1) the intra-rater reliability of the L Test in four turning conditions, (2) the correlation with other stroke-specific impairment for community-dwelling older adults with stroke, and (3) the optimal cut-off completion time of the L Test to distinguish the difference of performance between healthy older adults and people with stroke. Methods: This is a cross-sectional design. Thirty older adults with stroke and healthy older adults were included. The subjects were assessed by L Test along with other stroke-specific outcomes. Results: The L Test showed excellent intra-rater reliability (ICC = 0.945–0.978) for the four turning conditions. There were significant correlations between L Test completion times and Fugl–Meyer Assessment–Lower Extremity (FMA-LE) scores, Fugl–Meyer Assessment–Upper Extremity (FMA-UE) scores, Berg Balance Scale (BBS) score, and Timed Up and Go (TUG) Test scores. The cut-off of the L Test was established as 23.41–24.13 s. Conclusion: The L Test is an easy-to-administer clinical test for assessing the turning ability of people with stroke. MDPI 2023-02-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9963585/ /pubmed/36834318 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043618 Text en © 2023 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/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9963585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36834318
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043618
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