Demographic data for the individuals with stroke is presented in Table 1 together with scores for the clinical measurements of coordination, spasticity and motor recovery of the lower limb that were assessed as described below.
A particular problem we believe has hindered the application of implicit coordination is the dearth of objective measurement of implicit coordination and the related construct shared cognition.
Quantitative measurements of motor coordination were performed using an accelerating rotarod (Model 7650, Ugo Basile, Comerio, VA, Italy) according to the previously published protocol (55).
Importantly, the Erasmus Ladder triggers locomotion adaptation by pairing obstacle appearances with preceding tones at fixed intervals, and allows measurements of interlimb coordination by independent detection of the step cycle of all four limbs.
However, here we planned numerical measurements of locomotor coordination and analysis by multivariable linear regression, which increases analytical efficiency, as all of the repeated-measures data can be included and correction for effect modifiers, confounders and covariates (importantly here, the baseline values) is readily incorporated.
We characterized included measures with respect to the aspects of coordination measured (domain), measurement perspective (patient/family, health care professional, system representative), applicable settings and patient populations (by age and condition), and data used (survey, chart review, administrative claims).
The connection between consensus error of coordination variables and the measurement errors is derived.
For practitioners, the framework provides a perspective on activities that need to be considered in the design, measurement, control, coordination, and support of an organization' KM episodes.
Eder CF, Popović MB, Popović DB, Stefanović A, Schwirtlich L, Jović S. The Drawing Test: assessment of coordination abilities and correlation with clinical measurement of spasticity.
