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Correlation statistics were analyzed to determine a relationship between these assessments.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Setting:<\/jats:bold>\n                    Inpatient stroke rehabilitation unit.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Participants:<\/jats:bold>\n                    Clients with a stroke diagnosis admitted to the stroke inpatient rehabilitation unit at a rehabilitation hospital between January 2017 and June 2019.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Outcomes and Measures:<\/jats:bold>\n                    FUEL (a classification system) and UE\u2013FMA (an impairment-based motor recovery assessment of the upper limb recovery poststroke).\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>\n                    Pearson correlation coefficient yielded a significant positive correlation between the UE\u2013FMA and the FUEL for both initial (\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">r<\/jats:italic>\n                    = .929) and discharge (\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">r<\/jats:italic>\n                    = .943) scores.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Conclusions and Relevance:<\/jats:bold>\n                    Convergent validity of the FUEL is established using the UE\u2013FMA as a comparison. The FUEL can be applied in neurological rehabilitation to provide a clinical picture of a client\u2019s UE function. This research supports the value of the FUEL\u2019s application in clinical poststroke care.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>What This Article Adds:<\/jats:bold>\n                    The FUEL is a valid tool to assess the UE in an acute neurological population.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5014\/ajot.2023.050026","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,5]],"date-time":"2023-06-05T09:41:52Z","timestamp":1685958112000},"page":"470-477","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Convergent Validity for the Functional Upper Extremity Levels (FUEL) in Stroke Rehabilitation"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"77","author":[{"given":"Ashley","family":"Calajoe","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Ashley Calajoe, OTD, MS, OTR\/L, is Occupational Therapist, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, NY;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rachel","family":"Feld-Glazman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Rachel Feld-Glazman, MS, OT, is Brain Injury Program Director, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, NY."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Adrienne","family":"Dicembri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Adrienne Dicembri, MPA, OTR\/L, is Supervisor, Tisch\/Kimmel Acute Care Occupational Therapy, NYU Langone Health\u2013Rusk Rehabilitation, New York, NY."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nettie","family":"Capasso","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nettie Capasso, MA, OTR\/L, is Supervisor, Occupational Therapy Department, NYU Langone Health\u2013Rusk Rehabilitation, New York, NY."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Daniel","family":"Geller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Daniel Geller, EdD, MPH, OTR\/L, is Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine, Programs in Occupational Therapy, Columbia University, New York, NY."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Stephen","family":"Van Lew","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Stephen Van Lew, PhD, MS, OTR\/L, is Director of Occupational Therapy, NYU Langone Health\u2013Rusk Rehabilitation, New York, NY."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_1_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1747-4949.2012.00973.x"},{"key":"e_1_3_1_3_1","first-page":"7412410010","article-title":"Occupational therapy practice framework: Domain and process","volume":"74","author":"American Occupational Therapy Association","year":"2020","unstructured":"American Occupational Therapy Association. 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