Open AccessRelationship among Stress, Anxiety-depression, Muscle Tone, and Hand Strength in Patients with Chronic Stroke: Partial Correlation
Author(s) -
Myoung-Kwon Kim,
Yu-Won Choe,
Seong-Gil Kim,
Eun-Hong Choi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of the korean society of physical medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2287-7215
pISSN - 1975-311X
DOI - 10.13066/kspm.2018.13.4.27
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , anxiety , stress (linguistics) , stroke (engine) , muscle tone , tone (literature) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , correlation , muscle strength , psychology , cardiology , clinical psychology , physical therapy , psychiatry , mathematics , engineering , art , mechanical engineering , macroeconomics , economics , literature , linguistics , philosophy , geometry
PURPOSE: This study was conducted to identify the relationships among stress response inventory, hospital anxiety and depression, muscle tone and stiffness, and hand strength in chronic stroke patients. METHODS: A total of 14 chronic stroke patients voluntarily agreed to this experiment and were included in this study. All measurements were performed in one day and in a room without noise. The tests conducted in this study were as follows: muscle tone and stiffness of the upper trapezius hand grip measurement. Subjects were also asked to complete surveys describing the following: stress response inventory and hospital anxiety and depression scale. RESULTS: There were significant correlations among stress response inventory and hospital anxiety and depression, stress response inventory and hand strength, and
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