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
Translatability: (3/3) Easy
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.
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