The relationship between motor function of hemiplegic upper limb and independency in activities of daily of living in stroke patients in Tehran

authors:

avatar Malahat Akbarfahimi , * , avatar Hossein Karimi , avatar Soraya RahimzadehRahabar , avatar Hasan Ashayeri , avatar Soghrat FaghieZadeh

Koomesh: Vol.12, issue 3; 236-243
published online: March 25, 2011
article type: Research Article
received: January 19, 2010
accepted: October 17, 2010

how to cite: Akbarfahimi M, Karimi H, RahimzadehRahabar S, Ashayeri H, FaghieZadeh S. The relationship between motor function of hemiplegic upper limb and independency in activities of daily of living in stroke patients in Tehran. koomesh. 2011;12(3):e152452. 

Abstract

  Introduction: The capability of motor function of upper limbs in the performance of activities of daily of living (ADL) is an important parameter. After stroke, the hemiplegic upper limb may loose its function. This study aims at investigating of the relationship between involved upper limb motor dysfunction and independence in ADL of the 6-24 month post-stroke patients in Tehran.   Materials and Methods : This is a non-experimental descriptive analytical, cross-sectional study. 45 stroke patients were selected randomly from the patiens who were attending at Occupational Therapy Clinic in Tehran and also meeting the inclusion criteria. The subjects were evaluated for the performance of ADL, both basic ADL (BADL) and instrumental ADL (IADL), by Barthel index and IADL, respectively, and for hemiplegic upper limb movement by Fugl-Meyer.   Results: There was a significant relationship between hemiplegic upper limb movement and independency in BADL (P