International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Open Access
ISSN: 2329-9096
+44 1300 500008
ISSN: 2329-9096
+44 1300 500008
Christina Danielli Coelho de Morais Faria
Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627, Campus Pampulha, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Brazil
Research Article
Dynamometry for the Assessment of Grip, Pinch, and Trunk Strength in Subjects with Chronic Stroke: Reliability and Various Sources of Outcome Values
Author(s): Christina Danielli Coelho de Morais Faria, Larissa Tavares Aguiar, Eliza Maria Lara, Lucas Araújo Castro e Souza, Júlia Caetano Martins and Luci Fuscaldi Teixeira- SalmelaChristina Danielli Coelho de Morais Faria, Larissa Tavares Aguiar, Eliza Maria Lara, Lucas Araújo Castro e Souza, Júlia Caetano Martins and Luci Fuscaldi Teixeira- Salmela
Background: Muscular weakness, commonly observed in individuals with stroke, is usually assessed with portable dynamometers. However, no studies were found which investigated the reliability of the dynamometry for the assessment of grip, pinch, and trunk strength in subjects with chronic stroke, nor which evaluated the best source of outcome values. Objectives: To investigate the test-retest and inter-rater reliabilities of the portable dynamometer for the assessment of grip, pinch, and trunk strength in subjects with chronic stroke and to verify whether the use of various sources of outcomes (first trial, the means of two and three trials) affected the obtained values, as well as their reliabilities. Methods: A methodological study with 47 (58.67 ± 14.79 years) and 38 (57.05 ± 16.23 years) subjects with chronic stroke was carried out to investigate test.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2329-9096.1000168