Circuit class therapy is safe and effective in improving mobility in people after stroke and , when provided as part of hospital-based rehabilitation , may reduce length of stay
OBJECTIVE To examine the effectiveness of group circuit class therapy for improving the mobility of adults after stroke .
Psychometric evaluation of the original and Canadian French version of the activities-specific balance confidence scale among people with stroke.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the internal and absolute reliability and construct validity of the Activities-Specific Balance Confidence ( ABC ) scale and a new Canadian French version ( ABC-CF ) of it among people with stroke . DESIGN Cross-sectional data from a r and omized controlled trial . SETTING Community . PARTICIPANTS Ninety-one people with a residual walking deficit between 57 and 386 days poststroke . INTERVENTIONS Not applicable . MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The ABC and ABC-CF scales , Berg Balance Scale ( BBS ) , comfortable and maximum gait speeds , Timed Up & Go ( TUG ) test , 6-minute walk test ( 6MWT ) , Barthel Index , physical function scale of the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey , Geriatric Depression Scale ( GDS ) , and the EQ-5D visual analog scale ( EQ VAS ) . RESULTS Internal consistency ( Cronbach alpha ) was .94 and .93 and the st and ard error of measurement was 5.05 and 5.13 for the ABC ( n=51 ) and the ABC-CF ( n=35 ) scales , respectively . Spearman rho values ranged from .30 to .60 for the ABC scale and from .45 to .68 on the ABC-CF scale for associations with scores on the BBS , comfortable and maximum gait speeds , TUG , 6MWT , Barthel Index , physical function scale , GDS , and EQ VAS . CONCLUSIONS Evidence of internal and absolute reliability and of construct validity of the ABC and the ABC-CF scales supports their use for cross-sectional measurements of balance self-efficacy among community-dwelling people in the first year poststroke
Circuit class therapy is safe and effective in improving mobility in people after stroke and , when provided as part of hospital-based rehabilitation , may reduce length of stay
OBJECTIVE To examine the effectiveness of group circuit class therapy for improving the mobility of adults after stroke .