title: Floor transfer test for assessing people with chronic stroke.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate: (i) intra-rater, inter-rater and test-retest reliability of the Timed Floor Transfer Test (FTT); (ii) validity of FTT times with stroke-specific impairments and functional mobility; and (iii) cut-off time that best discriminates people with stroke from healthy older adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  University-based rehabilitation laboratory.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-seven people with stroke and 35 healthy older adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  FTT completion times were measured along with a Fugl-Meyer assessment of the lower extremities (FMA-LE); Five Times Sit-To-Stand Test (FTSTST) completion times, Berg Balance Scale (BBS) scores; Timed "Up & Go" (TUG) test; and assessment using the Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC).
  
  
  RESULTS
  FTT completion times showed good to excellent intra-rater, inter-rater and test-retest reliability. The minimal detectable change of FTT completion times was 7.7 s. A cut-off time of 8.8 s was found to discriminate well between people with stroke and healthy older adults. The FTT times showed significant negative correlation with FMA-LE scores and BBS scores, and significant positive correlation with FTSTS completion times and TUG times.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The FTT is a reliable clinical test for assessing the floor-transfer ability of people with chronic stroke.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (SAR), China. Shamay.Ng@inet.polyu.edu.hk, rssng@inet.polyu.edu.hk, Shamay.Ng@polyu.edu.hk.
authors.forename: Shamay S M
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Shirley S M
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.forename: Carrie W L
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Fiona M C
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Fung
authors.forename: Peter K W
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: Nancy N L
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Tsang
authors.forename: Carson L H
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Yeung
authors.forename: Patrick W H
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Kwong
authors.forename: Mimi M Y
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Tse
authors.forename: Eric W C
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Tam
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020521:Stroke / Q000503:physiopathology*