Effect of Trunk Support on Upper Extremity Function in People With Chronic Stroke and People Who Are Healthy

Seng Kwee Wee; Ann-Marie Hughes; Martin B. Warner; Simon Brown; Andy Cranny; Evangelos B. Mazomenos; Jane H. Burridge

doi:10.2522/ptj.20140487

Figures

Figure 1.

Trunk support.

Figure 2.

Moderate significant interaction effect between group and support conditions (P<.05, partial eta-squared=0.07). SWMFT-Time=Streamlined Wolf Motor Function Test performance time.

Tables

Table 1.

Characteristics of Participants^{^a}

↵^a N/A=not applicable, UE=upper extremity.

Table 2.

Clinical Outcomes of People Who Were Healthy and People With Stroke^{^a}

↵^a CI=confidence interval (CI of difference between the 2 means [without trunk support versus with trunk support]), SWMFT=Streamlined Wolf Motor Function Test, UE=upper extremity, FAS=Functional Ability Scale.
^b P<.001.
^c P<.05.
^d Reported as median (first quartile through third quartile). P<.01.

Table 3.

SPANOVA Results for TIS Scores and SWMFT Performance Time in People Who Were Healthy and People With Stroke^{^a}

↵^a SPANOVA=split-plot analysis of variance, TIS=Trunk Impairment Scale, SWMFT=Streamlined Wolf Motor Function Test, support × group=interaction effect.