Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the factors responsible for activities of daily living (ADL) of chronic hemiplegic patients. Subjects consisted of 130 patients with cerebrovascular diseases (60 males and 70 females) who had spent over 6 months from the onset and their physical, mental and higher cortical functions were assessed. The results indicated that the followings exhibited a significant correlation to Barthel Index: age, Brunnstrom stage, muscle strength of sound side, deep sensitivity (position and kinesthetic sense), walking ability, the results of HDS-R, WAIS-R (PIQ, TIQ) and KOHS cube assortment tests. The followings, on the other hand, showed little correlation to Barthel Index: sex, side of hemiplegia, the results of WAIS-R (VIQ), aphasia, apraxia, and agnosia.
