Reliability Study and Features of Falling Tendency When Standing in Unilateral Hemispheric Stroke Patients

Authors

Ling-Fu Meng
Shi-Dong Jush
Mei-Hsiang Chen

Translated Title

單側大腦中風病患站姿傾倒趨勢之信度研究與特質分析

Abstract

”Astasia(inability to stand)” is a popular and immediate result after onset from stroke. Health professionals usually label astasia as ”poor” standing performance. However, few studies substantiate the falling tendency of astasia. The result of inability to stand is to fall toward one specific direction; therefore, this study used ”falling direction” as a medium to analyze the falling tendency of astasia. Three major results were found in this study. Firstly, the measurement used in this study to judge falling direction demonstrated good inter-rater reliability. Two raters' kappa value was .89, .88, .87 respectively(each p value ＜ .001). Secondly, while comparing 5 standing, most patients showed stable falling tendency. Thirdly, most left and right brain damage patients fell toward contra-lateral area and posterior area. Both groups demonstrated similar falling tendency. The implications of related brain theories and clinical views will be discussed.

Language

Traditional Chinese

First Page

91

Last Page

102

Recommended Citation

Meng, Ling-Fu; Jush, Shi-Dong; and Chen, Mei-Hsiang (1999) "Reliability Study and Features of Falling Tendency When Standing in Unilateral Hemispheric Stroke Patients," Rehabilitation Practice and Science: Vol. 27: Iss. 3, Article 1.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6315/3005-3846.2072
Available at: https://rps.researchcommons.org/journal/vol27/iss3/1