Learning Effects of the Lower Extremity Motor Coordination Test in Individuals with Stroke?

Objective: To establish any changes up to the second postoperative month in pain, disability, performance, kinesiophobia, and lower extremity motor coordination of patients operated on for lumbar disc hernia. Methods: Forty-five patients with lumbar disc hernia were included in the study preoperatively, and were followed up until the second postoperative month. Pain and disability, walking and stair-climbing performances, and kinesiophobia were measured; and motor coordination tests were practiced with the Lower Extremity MOtor COordination Test (LEMOCOT). Results: The worst scores of pain, disability, performance, kinesiophobia, and LEMOCOT measurements were in the preoperative period; while the best ones were observed in the 2 months following the surgery. Conclusion: The measurements of pain, disability, performance, kinesiophobia, and lower extremity coordination usually performed in the cases operated on with a diagnosis of lumbar disc hernia are significantly affected from the initial period until the second postoperative month.

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Reliability of a New Lower-Extremity Motor Coordination Test

Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism ◽

10.1515/pjst-2015-0029 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 22 (4) ◽

pp. 219-223 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Katarzyna Antosiak-Cyrak ◽

Grzegorz Wiczyński ◽

Karolina Podciechowska ◽

Elżbieta Rostkowska

Keyword(s):

Lower Extremity ◽

Motor Coordination ◽

Daily Life ◽

Body Height ◽

Motor Ability ◽

Testing Apparatus ◽

Coordination Test ◽

Manual Counting ◽

Positive Linear Correlation ◽

The Right

Abstract Introduction. Motor coordination is a basic motor ability necessary for daily life, which also allows athletes to win a sports rivalry and patients to assess their recovery progress after therapy and rehabilitation. The aim of the present study was to assess the reliability of a new lower-extremity rate of movements test and testing apparatus. Material and methods. The study sample consisted of 92 students aged 19.21 ± 3.55 years, with body height of 171.2 ± 15.11 cm and body mass of 66.01 ± 12.32 kg. The study used a test-retest method. Results. The correlation between the test and the retest was rs = 0.79 (p < 0.001) for the right leg, and rs = 0.78 (p < 0.001) for the left leg. In both cases a positive linear correlation was observed (rs > 0). Conclusions. The results of the study showed that the new rate of movements electronic testing apparatus was highly valid and reliable. Its technical possibilities eliminate errors that might have occurred earlier during manual counting of the performed cycles of movements.

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Relação entre capacidade funcional de hemiparéticos e sobrecarga emocional dos cuidadores: um estudo piloto

ConScientiae Saúde ◽

10.5585/conssaude.v17n4.8727 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 437-442

Author(s):

Larissa Borba André ◽

Andressa Sampaio Pereira ◽

Vanessa Niens Van Den Broek ◽

Mileide Cristina Stoco de Oliveira ◽

Carla De Oliveira Carletti ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Lower Extremity ◽

Motor Coordination ◽

Coordination Test

Introdução: A hemiparesia é a principal sequela do acidente vascular encefálico, e a principal causadora de incapacidade funcional no indivíduo hemiparético, podendo causar sobrecarga emocional nos cuidadores. Objetivos: Verificar a relação entre a capacidade funcional de indivíduos hemiparéticos e a sobrecarga emocional de seus cuidadores. Métodos: Foram avaliados 12 hemiparéticos (65,2±9,0 anos) e 12 cuidadores (53,2±16,0 anos). Para a avaliação funcional foram utilizados a Escala de Equilíbrio de Berg (EEB), o teste de caminhada de 10 metros (TC10), e o Lower-Extremity Motor Coordination Test (LEMOCOT); e para a avaliação da sobrecarga emocional foi aplicada a Escala Burden Interview (EBI). Resultados: Verificou-se correlações positivas e significantes entre EEB e EBI (r= 0,02; p=0,95), TC10M e EBI (r= 0,38; p=0,22), e LEMOCOT com a EBI (r= 0,51; p=0,08). Conclusão: Houve relação entre a capacidade funcional de indivíduos hemiparéticos e a sobrecarga emocional dos cuidadores.

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Acute Effects of Assisted Cycling Therapy on Post-Stroke Motor Function: A Pilot Study

Rehabilitation Research and Practice ◽

10.1155/2019/9028714 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2019 ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Simon D. Holzapfel ◽

Pamela R. Bosch ◽

Chong D. Lee ◽

Patricia S. Pohl ◽

Monica Szeto ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Lower Extremity ◽

Motor Function ◽

Perceived Exertion ◽

Positive Relationship ◽

Motor Coordination ◽

The United States ◽

Exercise Session ◽

Acute Effects ◽

Lower Extremity Function ◽

Coordination Test

Background. Stroke is the most common cause of long-term disability in the United States (US). Assisted Cycling Therapy (ACT) at cadences of about 80 rpm has been associated with improvements in motor and clinical function in other clinical populations. The acute effects of ACT on motor function of persons with stroke have not been investigated. Objectives. The primary purpose of this cross-over trial was to compare the effects of ACT, voluntary cycling (VC), and no cycling (NC) on upper (Box and Blocks Test) and lower extremity motor function (Lower Extremity Motor Coordination Test) in adults with chronic stroke (age: 60 ± 16 years; months since stroke: 96 ± 85). The secondary purpose was to examine average cycling cadence and ratings of perceived exertion as predictors of change in motor function following the exercise session. Methods. Twenty-two participants (female = 6, male = 16) completed one 20-min session each of ACT (mean cadence = 79.5 rpm, VC (mean cadence = 51.5 rpm), and NC on separate days in quasi-counterbalanced fashion). Results. Main effects of intervention did not differ between ACT and VC. Within-intervention analyses revealed significant (p < 0.05) pre- to posttest changes in all outcome measures for ACT but only in the Lower Extremity Motor Coordination Test on the non-paretic side for VC. Trend analyses revealed a positive relationship between average ACT cadences and improvements in upper and lower extremity motor function (p < 0.05). A positive relationship between average VC cadences and lower extremity function was also revealed (p < 0.05). Conclusion. ACT and VC produced similar acute improvements in paretic and non-paretic lower extremity motor function whereas changes in upper extremity motor function were more limited. Faster cycling cadences seem to be associated with greater acute effects.

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Measurement properties of the lower extremity motor coordination test in individuals with stroke

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine ◽

10.2340/16501977-1963 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 47 (6) ◽

pp. 502-507 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

K Menezes ◽

A Scianni ◽

I Faria-Fortini ◽

P Avelino ◽

C Faria ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Lower Extremity ◽

Motor Coordination ◽

Measurement Properties ◽

Coordination Test

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Insights into motor performance deficits after stroke: an automated and refined analysis of the lower-extremity motor coordination test (LEMOCOT)

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation ◽

10.1186/s12984-021-00950-z ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Shirley Handelzalts ◽

Yogev Koren ◽

Noy Goldhamer ◽

Adi Yeshurun-Tayer ◽

Yisrael Parmet ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Lower Extremity ◽

Motor Coordination ◽

Center Of Pressure ◽

Motor Deficits ◽

Healthy Controls ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Performance Deficits ◽

Additional Information ◽

Coordination Test ◽

Variable Error

Abstract Background The lower-extremity motor coordination test (LEMOCOT) is a performance-based measure used to assess motor coordination deficits after stroke. We aimed to automatically quantify performance on the LEMOCOT and to extract additional performance parameters based on error analysis in persons with stroke (PwS) and healthy controls. We also aimed to explore whether these parameters provide additional information regarding motor control deficit that is not captured by the traditional LEMOCOT score. In addition, the associations between the LEMOCOT score, parameters of error and performance-based measures of lower-extremity impairment and gait were tested. Methods Twenty PwS (age: 62 ± 11.8 years, time after stroke onset: 84 ± 83 days; lower extremity Fugl-Meyer: 30.2 ± 3.7) and 20 healthy controls (age: 42 ± 15.8 years) participated in this cross-sectional exploratory study. Participants were instructed to move their big toe as fast and accurately as possible between targets marked on an electronic mat equipped with force sensors (Zebris FDM-T, 60 Hz). We extracted the contact surface area of each touch, from which the endpoint location, the center of pressure (COP), and the distance between them were computed. In addition, the absolute and variable error were calculated. Results PwS touched the targets with greater foot surface and demonstrated a greater distance between the endpoint location and the location of the COP. After controlling for the number of in-target touches, greater absolute and variable errors of the endpoint were observed in the paretic leg than in the non-paretic leg and the legs of controls. Also, the COP variable error differentiated between the paretic, non-paretic, and control legs and this parameter was independent of in-target counts. Negative correlations with moderate effect size were found between the Fugl Meyer assessment and the error parameters. Conclusions PwS demonstrated lower performance in all outcome measures than did controls. Several parameters of error indicated differences between legs (paretic leg, non-paretic leg and controls) and were independent of in-target touch counts, suggesting they may reflect motor deficits that are not identified by the traditional LEMOCOT score.

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