Avtor/Urednik | Rudolf, Marko; Vidmar, Gaj; Goljar, Nika | |
Naslov | A comparison of three balance-assessment scales for patients after stroke with various levels of balance disorder | |
Tip | članek | |
Vol. in št. | Letnik 43, št. 4 | |
Leto izdaje | 2020 | |
Obseg | str. 337-341 | |
ISSN | 0342-5282 - International journal of rehabilitation research. Internationale Zeitschrift für Rehabilitationsforschung. Revue internationale de recherches de readaptation | |
Jezik | eng | |
Abstrakt | It is often difficult for the clinician to choose the most appropriate balance-assessment measure. We wanted to facilitate this decision based on the stroke patient's functional abilities. The aim of our study was to compare three established scales [Berg Balance Scale (BBS), mini-BESTest (MBT) and Functional Gait Assessment (FGA)] in terms of responsiveness, floor and ceiling effects at different levels of ambulation as defined by the Functional Ambulation Classification (FAC). The 18-month prospective study included 88 patients after cerebral stroke, who were able to walk independently or with assistance of one person (FAC 2-6). BBS showed the highest relative gain in the FAC 2-3 group (17% of maximum scale score); in the other two groups (FAC 4-5 and FAC 6), MBT showed the highest relative gain (16 and 13%, respectively), followed by FGA (11 and 10%, respectively). Among the patients with initial FAC 2-3, a floor effect occurred with FGA, while a ceiling effect occurred with BBS among patients with initial FAC 6. Gain in FGA correlated slightly more with improvement detected by MBT (r = 0.60) than with BBS (r = 0.50). We can conclude that BBS seems to be suitable for stroke patients with initial FAC 2-5, whereas MBT and FGA for those with FAC 4-6. | |
Proste vsebinske oznake | assessment scales, balance Functional Ambulation Classification FAC stroke ocenjevalne lestvice ravnotežje Razvrstitev funkcijske premičnosti možganska kap |