Sensitivity to Change of the Lower Extremity Functional Scale in Patients With Stroke

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke; Lower Extremity Dysfunction

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01536990

06-002770

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was to investigate the reliability, construct validity, and sensitivity to change of the Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS) in individuals affected by stroke.

Full description

The purpose of this study was to investigate the reliability, construct validity, and sensitivity to change of the Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS) in individuals affected by stroke. Patients were measured with the LEFS at the beginning and end of physical therapy treatment, or at 8 weeks of physical therapy treatment.

Enrollment: 39 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Medically stable patients receiving inpatient or outpatient physical therapy care for lower extremity dysfunction due to stroke

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to understand English
• More than moderate assist for bed mobility and coming to sitting from the supine position
• Lower extremity amputation
• Unable to reach overhead, grasp an object, or feed self with an upper extremity

Trial design

39 participants in 1 patient group

Stroke

Description:

Medically stable patients receiving inpatient or outpatient physical therapy care for lower extremity dysfunction secondary to stroke.