Whole-body reaching as a measure of dynamic balance in patients with stroke

American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Jen-Suh ChernChing-Yi Wu

Abstract

To investigate whether whole-body reaching (WBR) could be a task with adequate and gradable dynamic balance challenges for stroke patients. A total of 23 subjects with hemiplegia, after their first stroke, participated in this study. The degree of dynamic balance challenges of WBR was graded by varying the distance to the targets that the subjects had to reach. A foot-pressure measurement system was used to measure the amount of center-of-pressure shift during performance of WBR and sit-to-stand transfer. The Berg Balance Scale (BBS) was administered, and the BBS total score was calculated. Static and dynamic BBS subscores were separately calculated to further understanding of the subject performance regarding balance. Paired t tests were used to examine the effects of target distance on center-of-pressure shift. Correlations between measures of center-of-pressure shift during performance of WBR and of sit-to-stand transfer, BBS total score, BBS static subscores, and BBS dynamic subscores and measures of center-of-pressure shift during performance of sit-to-stand transfer were analyzed. Significant effects of distance on three of the variables representing amount of center-of-pressure shift were found (P < 0.05). The correlatio...Continue Reading

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