1. Reliability and validity of Japanese version of Fugl-Meyer assessment for the lower extremities
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Shuji Matsumoto, Yoshikazu Suzuki, Michinari Fukuda, Kayoko Takahashi, Kosuke Mizuno, Yoshimi Hiraga, Tetsuharu Nakazono, Kazutoshi Nishiyama, and Yuko Nomura
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030506 rehabilitation ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Functional impairment ,Stroke patient ,Treatment outcome ,macromolecular substances ,Upper Extremity ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Physical medicine and rehabilitation ,Japan ,Paralysis ,Humans ,Medicine ,Reliability (statistics) ,Community and Home Care ,business.industry ,Rehabilitation ,Stroke Rehabilitation ,Fugl meyer ,Reproducibility of Results ,Stroke ,Lower Extremity ,Neurology (clinical) ,medicine.symptom ,0305 other medical science ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Understanding the degree of motor paralysis in stroke patients is important for assessing the severity of functional impairment and predicting functional prognosis. Fugl-MeyerAssessment for the lower extremities (FMA-LE)is a commonly used measure with high reliability and validity, but there is no official translated Japanese version of FMA-LE.This study aimed to develop Japanese FMA-LE and verify its reliability and validity in patients with acute stroke.The Japanese FMA-LE was developed following a standardized translation process. The reliability and validity were evaluated in 50 stroke patients at an acute care hospital. Validity was examined by determining the correlation between FMA-LEand Brunnstrom Recovery Stage (BRS), as well as Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB). Intra-raterand inter-raterrelative reliabilities were evaluated by calculating intra-classcorrelation coefficients (ICCs). Absolute reliability was assessed by determining the standard error of the measurement and minimum detectible change (MDC). Systematic error was also assessed.FMA-LEtotal score was high correlated with BRS (ρ = 0.73,p .01) and moderately correlated with SPPB (ρ = 0.69,p .01). For intra-raterreliability, ICC was 0.98 (p .01), only fixed systematic error was observed (p .01), and MDC of the FMA-LEtotal score was 1.24. For inter-raterreliability, ICC was 0.98 (p .01), no systematic error was observed, and MDC of the FMA-LEtotal score was 3.23.The Japanese FMA-LE was reliable, valid, and useful for evaluating lower extremity function of acute stroke patients.
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- 2021