The Japanese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
Online ISSN : 1880-778X
Print ISSN : 0034-351X
ISSN-L : 0034-351X
Volume 30, Issue 5
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    1993 Volume 30 Issue 5 Pages 293-294
    Published: May 18, 1993
    Released on J-STAGE: October 28, 2009
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  • 1993 Volume 30 Issue 5 Pages 295-309
    Published: May 18, 1993
    Released on J-STAGE: October 28, 2009
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  • (2) Reliability and Validity of Motor Function Assessment Items of SIAS
    Kazuhisa DOMEN, Eiichi SAITOH, Shigeru SONODA, Naoichi CHINO, Akio KIM ...
    1993 Volume 30 Issue 5 Pages 310-314
    Published: May 18, 1993
    Released on J-STAGE: October 28, 2009
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    The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of motor function assessment items of Stroke Impairment Assessment Set (SIAS).
    We examined the inter-rater reliability of the SIAS motor assessment items by comparing the independent scoring of 20 stroke patients by 2 physicians. The kappa statistics ranged from 0.83 to 0.95, and Spearman's correlation coefficients ranged from 0.84 to 0.93. Inter-rater reliability of Brunnstrom stage and Motricity Index were comparable to SIAS. These results demonstrated the reliability of SIAS motor assessment tests as a method of evaluating motor function of the hemiplegic limbs.
    To study the concurrent validity of the SIAS motor assessment test, we correlated each item with other motor assessment scales; Motricity Index and Brunnstrom stage. Every SIAS motor item was highly correlated with the other two motor assessment scales. Spearman's correlation coefficients ranged from 0.76 to 0.95 (N=65). These results indicated that the validity of the SIAS motor assessment test was satisfactory. Since patients in the same Brunnstrom stage were devided into 3-4 different levels by SIAS, SIAS motor assessment test would be more sensitive than Brunnstrom stage to detect the recovery of motor function. To confirm this, we need further longitudinal study.
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  • (3) Observation of Motor Recovery
    Kazuhisa DOMEN, Eiichi SAITOH, Shigeru SONODA, Naoichi CHINO, Akio KIM ...
    1993 Volume 30 Issue 5 Pages 315-318
    Published: May 18, 1993
    Released on J-STAGE: October 28, 2009
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    To study the sensitivity of existing motor assessment scales in detecting the improvement of motor function in the hemiplegics, we examined 24 stroke patients at 2-4 weeks, 4-8 weeks and 8-42 weeks after onset with motor assessment items of Stroke Impairment Assessment Set (SIAS-M), Motricity Index (MI) and Brunnstrome stage (BS). Many patients who seemed to have plateaued according to BS actually improved in their motor function when evaluated with SIAS-M or MI. Seventeen of the 24 patients improved in ambulation when assessed with Functional Independence Measure (FIM) score. Among these 17 patients, 11 (64.7%) showed no change in BS, while only 5 (29.4%) remained unchanged in SIAS-M. These results indicated that motor function actually recovered with improvement of walking ability, and SIAS-M was sensitive enough to detect the change while BS was not. We concluded that SIAS-M is more sensitive than BS in detecting motor recovery.
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  • 1993 Volume 30 Issue 5 Pages 319-346
    Published: May 18, 1993
    Released on J-STAGE: October 28, 2009
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