Duke Activity Status Index cut-off scores for assessing functional capacity after stroke.

The DASI cut-off value of 31.95 showed to be sensitive and specific to distinguish between chronic stroke individuals, who had poor, from those who had good FC.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONThe identification of individuals, who have good and poor functional capacity, is important for clinical reasoning and decision-making in stroke rehabilitation.The Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) is a clinically useful tool for the assessment of functional capacity, based upon the performance of common daily living activities.The DASI cut-off of 31.95 points was able to discriminate between individuals with stroke, who had poor, from those who had good functional capacity.The chance of individuals, who had good functional capacity (DASI ≥ 31.95) be community walkers was 10.69 times higher than that of those who had poor functional capacity (DASI < 31.95).The findings support the use of the DASI as a simple tool for the assessment of functional capacity, especially in low-resource settings.