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Perceptual training in patients with left hemiplegia
Taylor MM, Schaeffer JN, Blumenthal FS, Grisell JL
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1971 Apr;52(4):163-169
clinical trial
2/10 [Eligibility criteria: Yes; Random allocation: Yes; Concealed allocation: No; Baseline comparability: No; Blind subjects: No; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: No; Adequate follow-up: No; Intention-to-treat analysis: No; Between-group comparisons: Yes; Point estimates and variability: No. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed*

The purposes of this investigation were to determine reliability and validity of percept-concept-motor function (PCMF) measures and the effect of multidiscipline experimental treatment directed to identified PCMF deficits among left hemiplegics after completed stroke. Seventy-eight patients qualified for research and were assigned by a random system to the control group for standard treatment or to the experimental group. Research treatment was completed by 21 control patients and 26 experimental subjects. The two groups were comparable on 56 crucial variables at outset and remained so after 20 treatment days. Significant improvement was accomplished in all 14 of the activities if daily living (ADL) rating and 11 of the 24 reliable PCMF measures. Experimental treatment did not effect more functional improvement than did standard treatment. Factor analysis showed that PCMF and ADL variables measured separate functions. Thus, the validity of PCMF measures was not determined.

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