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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 2.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015 Oct;8(6 Suppl 3):S163–S169. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.115.002098

Table 2.

Properties of short-listed measures

Scale ICF Domain MCID1 Psychometric Properties
Reliability2 Responsiveness3 Validity4
FM UE Body function ++ +++ +++ +++
FM LE Body function + +++ +++ ++
WMFT Activity + +++ ++ +++
ARAT Activity + +++ +++ ++
10 meter walk Activity --- +++ --- ++
6 minute walk Activity --- ++ --- +
SIS subscales Activity,
performance		 ++ ++ + ++
1

++ =established for chronic stroke using patient-based anchor, + = established for chronic stroke using arbitrary anchor or distribution-based methods, --- = not established for chronic stroke.

2

+++ = reliability coefficients are consistently at .85 or above, ++ = reliability coefficients are between .70 and .85.

3

+++ = large effect size, ++ = moderate effect size, + = small effect size, --- = not established for chronic stroke.

4

+++ = substantial validity evidence, ++ = moderate validity evidence, + = minimal validity evidence.