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Neurol."],"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>To investigate the psychometric properties of the Lift and Carry Test (LCT) time in people with stroke.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design<\/jats:title><jats:p>Cross-sectional design.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title><jats:p>University based neurorehabilitation laboratory.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title><jats:p>Twenty-four people with stroke and 24 healthy controls.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Outcome measures<\/jats:title><jats:p>Lift and Carry Test (LCT), Fugl-Meyer Assessment of upper extremity and lower extremity, ankle dorsiflexor and plantarflexor muscle strength, Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Timed Up and Go (TUG) and Community Integration Measure.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The mean LCT time (29.70s) in people with stroke was more than double of that in healthy controls (13.70s). The LCT showed excellent intra-rater, inter-rater and test\u2013retest reliability [intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC)\u2009=\u20090.943\u20131.000]. The LCT times demonstrated a significant negative correlation with the BBS score (r<jats:sub>s<\/jats:sub>\u2009=\u2009\u22120.771) and significant positive correlations with the TUG times (r<jats:sub>s<\/jats:sub>\u2009=\u20090.933). There was no significant correlation between LCT times and FMA score (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;gt;\u20090.05). An optimal cut-off LCT time of 15.48\u2009s (sensitivity\u2009=\u200995.8%, specificity\u2009=\u200987.5%) was identified to differentiate between people with stroke and healthy controls (area under the curve\u2009=\u20090.957).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>LCT is an excellent clinical test for examining advanced functional ability in people with stroke and distinguishing people with stroke from healthy controls.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fneur.2024.1379536","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,22]],"date-time":"2024-08-22T15:30:47Z","timestamp":1724340647000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Psychometric properties of lift and carry test in assessing people with stroke"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Peiming","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mimi M. 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