Polish Adaptation and Validation of Questionnaires for Assessing the Functional Efficiency of the Upper Limb After Stroke.
The aim of the study will be to: conduct the process of cultural and linguistic adaptation of questionnaires for assessing the functional efficiency of the upper limb to the Polish version and to assess psychometric properties: reliability, validity and sensitivity to clinical changes among patients after stroke.
• informed, voluntary consent of the patient
• completed, single ischemic stroke
• hemiparesis
• time since stroke at least 6 months
• age 45-75 years
• elementary (basic) grip ability
• degree of paresis of the upper limb, hand and lower limb 4-5 on the Brunnström scale
• degree of disability on the Rankin scale 3
• spastic tone of the paretic upper limb, hand and lower limb no more than 1 plus on the modified Ashworth scale - current health condition confirmed by a medical examination allowing participation in the tests and exercises