Development and usability of functional activities specific training (FAST) table for stroke rehabilitation…

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Development and usability of functional activities specific training (FAST) table for stroke rehabilitation: mixed method design.

Ayesha Afridi, Arshad Nawaz Malik, Farooq Azam Rathore

Stroke RehabilitationStudyQ3IF 0.6

New stroke rehab task-training table was rated highly usable by patients.

Development and usability of functional activities specific training (FAST) table for stroke rehabilitation: mixed method design.

Ayesha Afridi … Farooq Azam Rathore

JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association · Jul 2026 · Q3 in General Medicine

Purpose

To explore the current practices and trends of task-oriented training, to identify and validate functional tasks pool, and to develop the functional activities specific training table.

Methods

Usability testing involved 20 physiotherapists and 20 patients.

n = 20 patients

Results

patients found the training table highly usable, on a 0-100 scale

81.25SUS sc

Patients

81.37SUS sc

Physiotherapists

More results

In stage I, there were 22 physiotherapists with mean age 35.09±2.81 years and mean clinical experience 5.45±0.59 years.

Content validity index resulted in 100 activities suitable for functional activities specific training table.

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Conclusion · 1 of 2

Based on current practices and perception of Pakistani physiotherapists, a therapeutic functional activities specific training table was developed with 100 task-oriented training-based activities for stroke rehabilitation.

Conclusion · 2 of 2

It showed strong usability scores by both patients and therapists.

Development and usability of functional activities specific training (FAST) table for stroke rehabilitation: mixed method design.

Development and usability of functional activities specific training (FAST) table for stroke rehabilitation: mixed method design.

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