ASSESSMENT OF IMAGINED AND REAL EXPANDED TIMED UP AND GO TESTS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC STROKE: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY

Objective: To assess temporal congruence (the difference in performance-time and time to imagine) between the sub-tasks of the Expanded Timed Up and Go (ETUG) and imagined ETUG (iETUG) tests in patients with hemiparesis following unilateral hemispheric stroke, and to compare the results with those f...

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Published inJournal of rehabilitation medicine Vol. 50; no. 5; p. 413
Main Authors Geiger, Maxime, Bonnyaud, Céline, Bussel, Bernard, Roche, Nicolas
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Uppsala Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 01.05.2018
Subjects
Case controlled studies
Cerebellum
Congruence
Imagery
Rehabilitation
Stroke
Task performance
Walking
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Summary:Objective: To assess temporal congruence (the difference in performance-time and time to imagine) between the sub-tasks of the Expanded Timed Up and Go (ETUG) and imagined ETUG (iETUG) tests in patients with hemiparesis following unilateral hemispheric stroke, and to compare the results with those for with healthy subjects. Design: Case-controlled study. Subject/patients: Twenty patients with chronic stroke and 20 healthy subjects. Methods: TUG, ETUG and iETUG test performance times were recorded for all participants. Temporal congruence was calculated with the following formula: (ETUG-iETUG)/[(ETUG+iETUG)/2]*100. Results: Patients' performances were slower than those of healthy subjects for all 5 sub-tasks of the TUG, ETUG and iETUG tests. However, there was no significant difference in temporal congruence between healthy subjects and patients. Intragroup analysis showed significant differences between the executed and the imagined conditions for both groups for the "walking", "turn around" and "sitting" phases (healthy subjects p=0.01, p=0.03, p=0.03, and patients p=0.01, p=0.003, p=0.003, respectively). Conclusion: Temporal congruence was similar for healthy subjects and patients for all sub-tasks of the ETUG test. Moreover, temporal congruence was reduced for the same sub-tasks of the ETUG test in patients and healthy subjects. This suggests that the motor imagery involved the same cerebral structures in both groups, probably including the cerebellum, since it was intact in all patients.
ISSN:1650-1977
DOI:10.2340/16501977-2315