2.4.1. Upper extremity motor recovery assessment.
post-stroke
To evaluate the level of upper limb motor recovery in the participants, a Brunnstrom recovery stage assessment was performed. This assessment tool qualitatively evaluates the recovery process of movement control in the upper limbs, hands, and lower limbs of post-stroke patients and divides the stages of motor recovery into 6 items. The higher the measured score, the higher the level of recovery, and the recovery levels of the upper limbs and hands were evaluated by one physical therapist before and after the intervention. The Rasch reliability of this assessment tool is very high, ranging from 0.91 to 0.92.