Reliability, Validity and Responsiveness of the Upright Motor Control Test in Patients With Stroke

Reliability, Validity and Responsiveness of the Upright Motor Control Test in Patients With Stroke

Impaired motor function is common after stroke. Individuals with stroke often exhibit synergic pattern that disturb daily function. It is crucial to identify the movement impairment in the clinical settings. Upright Motor Control Test (UMCT) is one of the tests developed to assess the selective movement control and functional strength in people with central nervous disorders. It can be used to reflect the impairment of motor function and evaluate changes of performance after treatment. Yet is little to know the clinimetrics of the UMCT on clinical utility. To date, only few researches explore that UMCT has some construct and criterion validity.

Therefore, this study aims to 1) establish the inter-rater reliability to administer the UMCT. 2) explore the correlation between the Fugl-Meyer Assessment of Motor Recovery after Stroke (FMA) and UMCT. 3). investigate whether the UMCT is able to predict the walking ability in patients with stroke.

Inclusion Criteria:

• First-ever, unilateral cerebral stroke within one month
• Being able to maintain standing for more than 10 seconds

Exclusion Criteria:

• Could not follow commands
• Deformity or fracture of lower limb
• Less than 20 years old