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The verbal administration of the gross function scale of the Rivermead Motor Assessment

General Hospital, Nottingham

NB Lincoln

General Hospital, Nottingham

The Rivermead Motor Assessment is a standardized assessment of physical recovery after stroke. One part, the gross function scale, was tested to see if it was reliable if administered verbally. Forty-nine volunteers were recruited six months after a stroke and asked to rate their own ability verbally and perform the test items with an independent assessor. There was a significant level of agreement between the scores using the Spearman Rank Correlation (r_s = 0.979; p < 0.001). It can be concluded that the gross function scale of the Rivermead Motor Assessment is reliable when administered verbally with patients late after stroke.

Clinical Rehabilitation, Vol. 4, No. 4, 301-303 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/026921559000400409


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