1. Persson, HC, Parziali, M, Danielsson, A, et al. Outcome and upper extremity function within 72 hours after first occasion of stroke in an unselected population at a stroke unit. A part of the SALGOT study. BMC Neurol 2012; 12: 162.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline | ISI2. Mathiowetz, V, Volland, G, Kashman, N, et al. Adult norms for the box and block test of manual dexterity. Am J Occup Ther 1985; 39: 386–391.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline | ISI3. Kellor, M, Frost, J, Silberberg, N, et al. Hand strength and dexterity. Am J Occup Ther 1971; 25: 77–83.
Google Scholar | Medline | ISI4. Jebsen, RH, Taylor, N, Trieschmann, RB, et al. An objective and standardized test of hand function. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1969; 50: 311–319.
Google Scholar | Medline5. Carroll, D . A quantitative test of upper extremity function. J Chronic Dis 1965; 18: 479–491.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline6. Fugl-Meyer, AR, Jääskö, L, Leyman, I, et al. The post-stroke hemiplegic patient. 1. A method for evaluation of physical performance. Scand J Rehabil Med 1975; 7: 13–31.
Google Scholar | Medline7. Lin, JH, Hsu, MJ, Sheu, CF, et al. Psychometric comparisons of 4 measures for assessing upper-extremity function in people with stroke. Phys Ther 2009; 89(8): 840–850.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline8. Roorda, LD, Houwink, A, Smits, W, et al. Measuring upper limb capacity in poststroke patients: development, fit of the monotone homogeneity model, unidimensionality, fit of the double monotonicity model, differential item functioning, internal consistency, and feasibility of the stroke upper limb capacity scale, SULCS. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2011; 92: 214–227.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline | ISI9. Houwink, A, Roorda, LD, Smits, W, et al. Measuring upper limb capacity in patients after stroke: reliability and validity of the stroke upper limb capacity scale. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2011; 92: 1418–1422.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline | ISI10. Knutson, JS, Friedl, AS, Hansen, KM, et al. Convergent validity and responsiveness of the SULCS. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2019; 100: 140–143.e1.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline11. Medical Research Council . Aids to examination of the peripheral nervous system. Memorandum no. 45. London: Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, 1976.
Google Scholar12. Sousa, VD, Rojjanasrirat, W. Translation, adaptation and validation of instruments or scales for use in cross-cultural health care research: a clear and user-friendly guideline. J Eval Clin Pract 2011; 17: 268–274.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline | ISI13. Chan, IH, Fong, KN, Chan, DY, et al. Effects of Arm weight support training to promote recovery of upper limb function for subacute patients after stroke with different levels of Arm impairments. Biomed Res Int 2016; 2016: 9346374.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline14. Riley, JD, Le, V, Der-Yeghiaian, L, et al. Anatomy of stroke injury predicts gains from therapy. Stroke 2011; 42: 421–426.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline | ISI15. Kottner, J, Audigé, L, Brorson, S, et al. Guidelines for Reporting Reliability and Agreement Studies (GRRAS) were proposed. J Clin Epidemiol 2011; 64: 96–106.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline | ISI16. Mokkink, LB, Terwee, CB, Patrick, DL, et al. The COSMIN checklist for assessing the methodological quality of studies on measurement properties of health status measurement instruments: an international Delphi study. Qual Life Res 2010; 19: 539–549.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline | ISI17. Gladstone, DJ, Danells, CJ, Black, SE. The Fugl-Meyer assessment of motor recovery after stroke: a critical review of its measurement properties. Neurorehabil Neural Repair 2002; 16: 232–240.
Google Scholar | SAGE Journals | ISI18. Platz, T, Pinkowski, C, van Wijck, F, et al. Reliability and validity of arm function assessment with standardized guidelines for the Fugl-Meyer test, Action Research Arm Test and Box and Block Test: a multicentre study. Clin Rehabil 2005; 19: 404–411.
Google Scholar | SAGE Journals | ISI19. Pike, S, Lannin, NA, Wales, K, et al. A systematic review of the psychometric properties of the action research arm test in neurorehabilitation. Aust Occup Ther J 2018; 65: 449–471.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline20. Mahoney, FI, Barthel, DW. Functional evaluation: the Barthel Index. Md State Med J 1965; 14: 61–65.
Google Scholar | Medline21. Duffy, L, Gajree, S, Langhorne, P, et al. Reliability (inter-rater agreement) of the Barthel Index for assessment of stroke survivors: systematic review and meta-analysis. Stroke 2013; 44: 462–468.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline | ISI22. Terwee, CB, Bot, SD, de Boer, MR, et al. Quality criteria were proposed for measurement properties of health status questionnaires. J Clin Epidemiol 2007; 60: 34–42.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline | ISI23. Koo, TK, Li, MY. A guideline of selecting and reporting intraclass correlation coefficients for reliability research. J Chiropr Med 2016; 15: 155–163.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline | ISI24. Boateng, GO, Neilands, TB, Frongillo, EA, et al. Best practices for developing and validating scales for health, social, and behavioral research: a primer. Front Public Health 2018; 6: 149.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline25. Munro, BH . Health care research. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005.
Google Scholar26. Terwee, CB, Dekker, FW, Wiersinga, WM, et al. Prummel, MF, Bossuyt, PM. On assessing responsiveness of health-related quality of life instruments: guidelines for instrument evaluation. Qual Life Res. 2003; 12: 349-62.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline27. Nomikos, PA, Spence, N, Alshehri, MA. Test-retest reliability of physiotherapists using the action research arm test in chronic stroke. J Phys Ther Sci 2018; 30: 1271–1277.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline28. Tufaro, DC, Toglia, J, O’Dell, M, et al. Concurrent validity of the stroke upper limb capacity scale (SULCS). Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2014; 95: e17.
Google Scholar | Crossref29. Branco, JP, Oliveira, S, Páscoa Pinheiro, J, et al. Assessing upper limb function: transcultural adaptation and validation of the Portuguese version of the Stroke Upper Limb Capacity Scale. BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil 2017; 9: 15.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline30. Royal, K . Four tenets of modern validity theory for medical education assessment and evaluation. Adv Med Educ Pract 2017; 8: 567–570.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline