title: [Assessment of Function of a Single Limb after Injury].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the method for the objective evaluation of single limb function after in- jury in forensic medical practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  The score of activities of daily living (ADL) were graded for a single limb function after injury from 47 cases. All cases were simultaneously evaluated using the different methods including Fugl-Meyer motor function assessment (FMA), weighting, look-up table (LUT). The correlation were compared between ADL and the other three methods.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Injured part and the score using the three methods were correlated with ADL score (P < 0.05). The correlation coeffi- cient (|r| value) showed highest using LUT method, and lowest using FMA method.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The loss function of limb is affected by the injuried parts. The methods of FMA, weighting and LUT show a good accuracy for evaluating the limb function after injury and the correlation presents higher using LUT method.
authors.forename: Hui-yan
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005121:Extremities / Q000293:injuries*; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans