Abstract
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the inter-rater reliability of two tests measuring selective motor control (SMC) of the lower extremities in children with cerebral palsy (CP).
METHODS: Two testers independently assessed 21 children (13 boys, eight girls; mean age 6 years 5 months, SD 12 months) with spastic CP (14 unilateral and seven bilateral) using the Boyd and Graham SMC test (with an existing protocol) and the modified Trost SMC test (with a newly developed protocol). Inter-rater reliability was analysed using Cohen's Kappa.
RESULTS: For the Boyd and Graham SMC test for ankle dorsiflexion, Kappa was 0.55 (95% CI = 0.36-0.74). For the modified Trost SMC test for ankle dorsiflexion, knee extension, hip abduction and hip flexion, Kappas were 0.65 (0.47-0.84), 0.69 (0.49-0.88), 0.57 (0.37-0.78) and 0.71 (0.51-0.91), respectively.
CONCLUSION: The SMC tests showed moderate (Boyd and Graham SMC test) to good (modified Trost SMC test) inter-rater reliability.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 258-265 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Developmental Neurorehabilitation |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Keywords
- Cerebral Palsy
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Humans
- Lower Extremity
- Male
- Movement
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Reproducibility of Results
- Severity of Illness Index