Citation

Gor-Fongeda MD, Molina-Rueda F, Gómez AC, Tejada MC, Alguacil-Diego IM, Miangolarra-Page JC. Arch. Phys. Med. Rehabil. 2014; 95(6): 1174-1183.

Affiliation

Motion Analysis, Ergonomics, Biomechanics and Motor Control Laboratory, (LAMBECOM). Faculty of Health Sciences. Rey Juan Carlos University (Madrid, Spain).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.apmr.2014.02.013

PMID

24582618

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess the clinical and psychometric properties of stroke motor assessment scales. DATA SOURCES: The databases consulted for the literature research were: Medline, PEDro, ISI Web of Knowledge and CINALH. The search was carried out between March 2011 and January 2014. STUDY SELECTION: Studies that describe and validate a measurement scale designed to assess gross motor function in stroke. The articles were classified according to the levels of evidence and grades of recommendation for diagnosis studies of the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine. DATA EXTRACTION: General characteristics of the studies, including number of patients, motor function assessment scales analyzed and their psychometric properties, were collected. DATA SYNTHESIS: After the literature search, the articles included in this review were 19, and 32 articles were excluded for not meeting the inclusion criteria. Four of the 19 articles studied the Motor Assessment Scale, five the Fulg-Meyer Assessment, three investigated the Sodring Motor Evaluation for Stroke Patients, four the Stroke Rehabilitation Assessment of Movement, two were about the Motricity Index and two about the Rivermead Motor Assessment. All of them were classified as level 2b according to the levels of evidence and grades of recommendation. CONCLUSIONS: All the scales compiled in this review have shown to be useful both in clinical practice and in terms of research. The most suitable scales to be used in the clinical field would be the short versions of the Fulg-Meyer Assessment and the Stroke Rehabilitation Assessment of Movement. A real consensus about measurement of gross motor function in stroke patients is no available in the recent literature.

Language: en