title: Korean version of the scale for the assessment and rating of ataxia in ataxic stroke patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the intra-rater and inter-rater reliability and usefulness of the Korean version of the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (K-SARA) in ataxic stroke patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  The original SARA was translated into Korean, back translated to English, and compared to the original version. Stroke patients (n=60) with ataxia were evaluated using the K-SARA by one physiatrist and one occupational therapist. All subjects were rated twice. We divided the subjects into 5 groups by Functional Ambulation Category (FAC) and 3 groups based on the ataxia subscale of the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS). The mean K-SARA scores representing each group of FAC and the ataxia subscale of NIHSS were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The test-retest correlation coefficient of the K-SARA was 0.997 by the therapist and 1.00 by the physiatrist (p<0.001). The inter-rater correlation coefficient of the K-SARA was 0.985 (p<0.001). The ataxia subscale of NIHSS did not correlate with K-SARA. There was a significant difference in the mean K-SARA score by FAC (p<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  K-SARA is a reliable and valid measure of ataxia in stroke patients in Korea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine and Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Bo-Ram
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine and Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jin-Youn
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine and Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Min Jeong
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine and Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Heeyoune
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine and Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. ; Konkuk Institute for International Healthcare Reserch, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jongmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
keywords: Ataxia; Ataxia assessment; Rehabilitation; Stroke