Affiliations: [a] Department of Rehabilitation, Akita University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Akita, Japan
| [b] Department of Rehabilitation, Akita Prefectural Center for Rehabilitation and Psychiatric Medicine, Akita, Japan
| [c] Department of Rehabilitation, Akita City General Hospital, Akita, Japan
| [d] Department of Rehabilitation, Omagari Kousei Medical Center, Akita, Japan
| [e] Department of Rehabilitation, Noshiro Kousei Medical Center, Akita, Japan
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Address for correspondence: Yoshino Terui, Department of Rehabilitation, Akita University Graduate School of Health Sciences, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita, 010-8543, Japan. Tel.: +81 18 884 6543 (Ext: 6527); Fax: +81 18 884 6500; E-mail: terui@hs.akita-u.ac.jp.
Abstract: OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to confirm the intra-rater reliability and absolute reliability of Lissajous Index (LI) in evaluating the symmetry of trunk movement during gait in patients with stroke and to examine the relation between LI and body function in patients with stroke. METHODS:Twenty-one healthy subjects (11 males and 10 females, age 63.3±2.0 yrs) and 45 patients with stroke (33 males and 12 females, age 58.7±13.4 yrs) were included in the study. The accelerometer was fixed to a belt at the level of the L3 spinous process. The 10-m walk test was performed twice to record definitive data on trunk acceleration. LI was calculated from trunk accelerations. We confirmed the intra-rater reliability and absolute reliability of LI in patients with stroke and we examined the relation between LI and body function in patients with stroke. RESULTS:There was no fixed bias and proportional bias in the LI of patients with stroke. It was found that BBS significantly correlated with LI in stroke patients (p < 0.05, r = –0.413). CONCLUSIONS:It was clear that LI during gait was effective at evaluating gait symmetry and balance. LI was indicated to be useful in evaluating gait in patients with stroke.
