Volume : IV, Issue : VII, July - 2015

MEASUREMENT PROPERTIES OF L TEST FOR FUNCTIONAL MOBILITY IN STROKE PATIENT

Manjeet Sinha, Nusrat Hamdani Pt

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 PURPOSE:To assess the reliability and validity of L test in a group of stroke patients STUDY DESIGN: Test –retest design SETTING: Outpatient department of various hospitals, N.delhi SUBJECT: Randomly selected 30 stroke patient aged 55–75 MATERIAL:Arm chair, Tape measure, Stop watch, Timed up & go test. Berg balance scale, MMSE. METHOD: A total of 30 subjects were selected randomly for the study, on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria. Two raters were present to collect data for the assessment of L test interrater reliability. Each rater recorded their times separately by stopwatch that records times to the nearest second. To assess L test intrarater reliability, one of the raters collected data at the second test session conducted after four hours in the 2nd sitting on the same day. Only L test was performed on second test session. OUTCOME MEASURES:L test, Time up and go test, Berg balance scale. RESULT:The results were significant (r– value = .9225** p–value =.000) between two variables. It indicated that the L Test has interrater reliability at p–value of .oo1 and Intrarater reliability of L test was done by paired t test but there was no significant difference (t–value – 1.50 NS) between two variables. The results proved that the L Test has intrarater reliability. In terms of validity, the L Test was correlated with the time up and go test (in positive direction) and berg balance scale (in negative direction) r–value .8285 p–value .000,r–value –.8198 p–value .000, respectively CONCLUSION: The L test provides reliable, valid data when assessing basic walking skills among stroke patient. The L test is potentially an important clinical and research tool to assess the mobility function of stroke patient as they transition back to the community

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Manjeet sinha, Nusrat Hamdani (PT) Measurement Properties of L Test for Functional Mobility in Stroke Patient International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 7 July 2015

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