The Effects of Sensory Impairment on Body Awareness, Physical Self-Concept, and Activities of Daily Living in Stroke Patients

Purpose this study was to investigate the effects of sensory impairment on body awareness, physical selfconcept, and activities of daily living (ADL) in patients with stroke. Fortyfour stroke patients participated in this study and were classified into a sensory impairment group and a nonsensory impairment group. Methods Sensory function, body awareness using the Body Visualization and Space Concepts (BVSC), physical selfconcept, Korean Activities of Daily Living (KADL), and Korean Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (KIADL) were assessed. Data were analyzed using the MannWhitney U test and Spearman correlation analysis. Results The results showed that the sensory impairment group had significantly lower body awareness and physical selfconcept scores than the nonsensory impairment group (p