Relation of Sitting Up Time with Space Perception and Somatosensory in Hemiplegic Patients with Stroke

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to clarify wherher sitting up of hemiplegic patients with stroke had a relation with space perception or somatosensory. Subjects were 26 hemiplegic patients after stroke (mean age 64.0) and were assessed in the time to rise from supine to sitting and in functions by the wooden blocks test of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised, sensory tests and abdominal power test of the Stroke Impairment Assessment Scale, Brunnstrom stage, trunk range of motion and Hasegawa's Dementia Scale-Revised. Assessment of sitting up time had high reliability (ICC(1,1)=0.86). Minimum time and average time on sitting up had significantly negative correlations with the block test and sensory tests. This finding suggests that sitting up of hemiplegic patients after stroke is related to space perception and somatosensory.