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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the concurrent validity between the Action Research Arm
Test (ARAT) and the Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT) and to compare their
reproducibility, internal consistency and floor and ceiling effects in the same sample of stroke patients. METHODS: Forty patients participated in this study.
Concurrent validity was determined with Spearman's rank correlation coefficients.
Reproducibility was assessed with intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) and
Bland-Altman plots, internal consistency by means of Cronbach's alphas, and floor
and ceiling effects were considered to be present if more than 20% of patients
fell outside a preliminary set lower and upper boundary.
RESULTS: Spearman's rank
correlation coefficients ranged from 0.70 to 0.86. ICCs for inter-rater and
intra-rater reliability ranged from 0.92 to 0.97. Bland-Altman plots showed a
less stable way of scoring for the WMFT, compared with the ARAT. Cronbach's alpha
was > 0.98 for both scales. No floor and ceiling effects were found. CONCLUSION:
The present study showed good clinimetric properties for both assessments. The
high concurrent validity suggests that ARAT and WMFT have significant overlap
with regard to the underlying construct that is being measured.

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