title: Sitting up and transferring to a chair: two functional tests for patients with stroke.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to evaluate the reliability of two clinical tests of mobility for stroke patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study took place in a university hospital with a case control design.
  
  
  METHODS
  A sample of convenience including 31 subjects: a group of patients with prior stroke (n = 19); a control group (n = 12).
  
  
  METHODS
  The time(s) for sitting up from a supine position and transferring from an examination table to a chair were measured and inter- and intra-rater reliability were assessed. The source of variation in the test results as well as intra-class correlations were estimated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The largest source of variation in the supine position was between subjects, and the between-tester variability was very low, with similar results for the transfer from table to chair. The intra-class correlations are all high (range 0.77-0.98). This indicates that it is of little importance which tester is performing the tests.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sitting up on an examination table and transferring from an examination table to a chair seem to be reliable timed clinical tests of mobility in stroke research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Göteborg, Sahlgrenska Hospital, Sweden. stibrant.sunnerhagen@rehab.gu.se
authors.forename: Katharina Stibrant
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Sunnerhagen
authors.forename: Belinda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Christine E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Kasper
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008124:Locomotion; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D011187:Posture; D020521:Stroke / Q000503:physiopathology; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis