Research on correlations between balance function and abilities of activities of daily living of patients with stroke

Objective:To evaluate the balance function of patients with stroke to confirm stroke severity,judge outcome and establish rehabilitation project,and to observe the practicability of Berg balance scale (BBS) and balance subscale of Fugle-Meyer test(FM-B),to explore the correlations between balance function and abilities of ADL.Method:Thirty-eight stroke in patients were enrolled and assessed with BBS,FM-B and modified Barthel index (MBI) before and after rehabilitation treatment,and the scores were analyzed.Result:The score of FM-B after treatment was better than that before treatment(P0.05),while there were significant differences in scores of BBS and MBI between before treatment and after treatment (P0.01).There were significant correlations among BBS,FM-B before treatment and MBI before treatment (0.58,P0.05;0.55,P0.05),and there were very significant correlations among BBS,FM-B before treatment and MBI after treatment.Conclusion:BBS and FM-B are good tools for assessing balance function in acute stroke;BBS shows better sensitivity and is suitable for assessing patients with stroke.There is close correlation between balance function and ability of ADL.The loss of balance function obviously influence quality of living for stroke patient,balance function can predict quality of living.