Post-stroke motor and functional evaluations: a clinical correlation using Fugl-Meyer assessment scale, Berg balance scale and Barthel index

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Roberta De Oliveira²  Enio Walker Azevedo Cacho¹  Guilherme Borges¹ 

[1] ,State University of Campinas University Hospital Medical School Hospital

关键词: Fugl-Meyer assessment scale;    Berg balance scale;    Barthel index;    stroke;    escala de desempenho físico de Fugl-Meyer;    escala de equilíbrio de Berg;    índice de Barthel;    acidente vascular cerebral;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2006000500006

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Stroke is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality. Sequels deriving from this event may lead to motor disability and from mild to severe deficits. In order to better classify sensory-motor dysfunction, balance and ability to perform activities of daily living, quantitative and qualitative evaluation scales have been used. OBJECTIVE: To correlate the scales Fugl-Meyer assessment scale, Berg balance scale and Barthel index. Twenty subjects with sequel after a single, unilateral stroke in chronic phase (>6 months post ictus) were evaluated for about one hour. RESULTS: Barthel scale was statistically related to the total motor score of Fugl-Meyer assessment (r=0.597, p=0.005). The lower limb section at Fugl-Meyer had positive correlation with Berg scale (r=0.653, p=0.002) and with the balance section of Fugl-Meyer own scale (r=0.449, p=0.047). Both balance scales were correlated one with other (r=0.555, p=0.011). Statistical divergence appeared when Barthel's Index was correlated with Berg's Scale (r=0.425, p=0.062), and it is not statistically significant. CONCLUSION: The use of both quantitative and qualitative scales was shown to be a good measuring instrument for the classification of the general clinical performance of the patient, especially when positively related joint evaluations are applied.

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