Gait and Balance Outcome Measures are Responsive in Severely Impaired Individuals Undergoing Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation (2022)

PICO

Patient/Population

Individuals <2 months poststroke  with 34-43 with severe deficits  including Berg Balance Scale ≤5, 10-meter walk test =0 m/s, or 6-minute walk test =0 m (n=157)

Intervention

  • Not applicable

Comparison

  • Not applicable

Outcomes

  • Berg Balance Scale

  • 10-meter walk test

  • 6-minute walk test

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Comments:Routine assessment of gait and balance outcome measures with patients with severe deficits early poststroke may be beneficial. These measures were responsive after one week of rehabilitation and detected changes not captured by customary measures. Routine use of a standardized gait and balance assessments may provide clinicians with important information to guide clinical decision-making.”
Limitations: Single site and the observational nature of the study. The exclusion of individuals with incomplete datasets from individual analyses may increase the risk of type II error given the relatively small sample size. Treating physical therapists decided which interventions they provided to their patients, which may in turn influence clinical outcomes.

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BTB

Intervention – 1

  • Berg Balance Scale

  • 10-meter walk test

  • 6-minute walk test

Dose

  • Not applicable

Periodicity

  • Assessments collected during the week of admission (Day 1-8), week 1 (Day 9-15), or discharge (last 8 days) were included.

Citation: Henderson, C., Virva, R., Lenca, L., Butzer, J. F., Lovell, L., Roth, E., Hornby, T. G., & Moore, J. L. (2022). Gait and Balance Outcome Measures are Responsive in Severely Impaired Individuals Undergoing Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, S0003-9993(22)00159-9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2022.01.140

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