Establishing of the Reliability of the Purdue Pegboard Test in Adults After a Stroke

Establishing of the Reliability of the Purdue Pegboard Test in Adults After a Stroke

The main aim of the pilot project is to establish inter-rater reliability, internal variability and variability of results got by testing adults patients after a stroke by the use of Purdue Pegboard Test administered according to the new Czech extended version of its manual.

New Czech manual for the Purdue Pegboard Test which is updated and extended by new rules for unification of their performing will be used for testing adult people with disability - adults after a stroke. The manuals include instructions for performing three trials of each subtest.

At least 30 adult patients after a stroke will be tested by use of Purdue Pegboard test administrated according to the new Czech extended version of its manual. Video of performance of each adult will be obtained. Performance of each patient, firstly in real time and secondly from video record will be evaluated twice, to obtain result for establishing all types of variability and reliability mentioned below.

The inter-rater reliability, internal variability and variability of results will be established.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Czech language as a mother tongue
• age from 18 to 65 years
• patient after a stroke hospitalized at Rehabilitation institute Kladruby
• fine motor skills allowing them correct manipulation with components of Purdue Pegboard Test

Exclusion Criteria:

• severe disorder of orientation (neglect syndrome)
• use of drugs affecting attention
• vision impairment uncorrectable with glasses
• severe hearing loss
• inability to understand instructions
• inability to read or write
• inability to complete complete testing due to severe spasticity or spastic dystonia
• failure to sign Informed consent for probation with inclusion to research and Consent to the collection and processing of personal data during the study at the Rehabilitation institute Kladruby