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Measuring functional recovery in stroke patients: the responsiveness of ACTIVLIM-Stroke.

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Batcho, Sèbiyo Charles [UCL] Nduwimana, Ildephonse [Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Bénin] Olouka, Jean [Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Bénin] Halkin, Veronique [Université Ambroise Paré, Mons, Belgique] Kpadonou, Toussaint Godonou [Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Bénin] Thonnard, Jean-Louis [UCL]

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To determine the efficacy of the ACTIVLIM-Stroke questionnaire in detecting changes in functional status of stroke patients. METHOD: Sixty-eight Benin and Belgian stroke patients participated in this 2-month longitudinal study, involving baseline and follow-up assessments. Outcome measures combined ACTIVLIM-Stroke questionnaire, Barthel Index (BI), 6-minute-walk test (6MWT) and modified Rankin scale (MRS). Responsiveness of ACTIVLIM-Stroke was investigated through different methodological approaches and compared with BI, 6MWT and MRS. Statistical analyses were performed using the paired t tests, effect size (ES) and correlation tests. RESULTS: ACTIVLIM-Stroke detected changes in the whole sample (p<0.001, ES=0.78) and even in a subgroup of patients (p<0.001, ES=0.29) that were classified as stable according to the MRS. Moreover, ACTIVLIM-Stroke permitted the classification of patients into more discriminative groups, including those showing an important improvement (p<0.001, ES=1.87), a slight but non-clinically meaningful improvement (p<0.001, ES=0.38), and no improvement (p=0.1, ES=0.11), demonstrating its high sensitivity to change. Furthermore, there were concordant relationships between ACTIVLIM-Stroke change and any observed changes in BI, 6MWT and MRS scores (r≥0.50, p<0.001), confirming the external responsiveness of ACTVLIM-Stroke. CONCLUSIONS: ACTIVLIM-Stroke showed good responsiveness and can detect accurately clinical changes in the functional status of stroke patients. The BI and the 6MWT were also responsive and may provide complementary information while investigating change in functional status. However, in addition to being highly sensitive to change, ACTIVLIM-Stroke presents significant methodological advantages for quantifying functional changes in stroke patients.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès libre
Publication date 2014
Language Anglais
Journal information "Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry" - Vol. 85, no. 12, p. 1337-1342 (2014)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher BMJ Publishing Group ((United Kingdom) London)
issn 0022-3050
e-issn 1468-330X
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - SSS/IONS/COSY - Systems & cognitive Neuroscience
UCL - (SLuc) Service de médecine physique et de réadaptation motrice
Louvain Bionics - Center of Interdisciplinary Expertise
Keywords stroke ; ACTIVLIM ; Functional recovery ; Rehabilitation ; Cerebrovascular disease
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Bibliographic reference Batcho, Sèbiyo Charles ; Nduwimana, Ildephonse ; Olouka, Jean ; Halkin, Veronique ; Kpadonou, Toussaint Godonou ; et. al. Measuring functional recovery in stroke patients: the responsiveness of ACTIVLIM-Stroke.. In: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Vol. 85, no. 12, p. 1337-1342 (2014)
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