Korean Version of the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia in Ataxic Stroke Patients
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
;
: 742-751, 2014.
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in English
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| ID: wpr-179716
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the intra-rater and inter-rater reliability and usefulness of the Korean version of the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (K-SARA) in ataxic stroke patients.METHODS:
The original SARA was translated into Korean, back translated to English, and compared to the original version. Stroke patients (n=60) with ataxia were evaluated using the K-SARA by one physiatrist and one occupational therapist. All subjects were rated twice. We divided the subjects into 5 groups by Functional Ambulation Category (FAC) and 3 groups based on the ataxia subscale of the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS). The mean K-SARA scores representing each group of FAC and the ataxia subscale of NIHSS were compared.RESULTS:
The test-retest correlation coefficient of the K-SARA was 0.997 by the therapist and 1.00 by the physiatrist (p<0.001). The inter-rater correlation coefficient of the K-SARA was 0.985 (p<0.001). The ataxia subscale of NIHSS did not correlate with K-SARA. There was a significant difference in the mean K-SARA score by FAC (p<0.001).CONCLUSION:
K-SARA is a reliable and valid measure of ataxia in stroke patients in Korea.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Rehabilitation
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Ataxia
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Walking
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Stroke
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Korea
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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