Rate of perceived stability as a measure of balance exercise intensity in people post-stroke

Autor: Aishwarya Shenoy, Tzu-Hsuan Peng, Rebecca M. Todd, Janice J. Eng, Noah D. Silverberg, Towela Tembo, Courtney L. Pollock
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Disability and Rehabilitation. 44:8480-8486
ISSN: 1464-5165
0963-8288
DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2021.2022777
Popis: This study investigates the reproducibility and concurrent validity of the Rate of Perceived Stability (RPS) Scale in people with stroke.On two separate days (2-10 days apart), participants provided their RPS ratings during clinical measures: 1)16 tasks from Community Balance and Mobility Scale (CBM), 2)6-minute walk test (6MWT), and 3)self-paced gait speed. Intraclass correlations (ICCs) assessed between day test-retest reliability of RPS ratings. Standard error of measurement (SEM) and smallest detectable change (SDC) addressed level of between day agreement. Spearman rank correlations (Thirty participants with stroke (50% female) participated. ICC ranged from 0.46 to 0.93 across tasks with 12/19 tasks showing ICCs above 0.75 (good test-retest reliability). SEM was 1-point for each task and SDC ranged from 2 to 4 across tasks. Concurrent validity between RPS and ratings of perceived challenge was good-to-excellent (RPS shows promise as a measure of balance intensity in people with stroke.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONThe RPS is a reliable and valid measure of balance intensity in ambulatory people with stroke.The RPS scale may be a useful clinical tool to address the gap in practice of measuring balance intensity during rehabilitation of walking balance post-stroke.
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