Selective Control Assessment of the Lower Extremity for Infants and Toddlers (Mini-SCALE): Development and validation of a clinical assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To investigate the validity of Selective Control Assessment of the Lower Extremity for Infants and Toddlers (Mini-SCALE), an adaptation of Selective Control Assessment of the Lower Extremity (SCALE), in young children aged from 3 months to less than 4 years.

Method

Mini-SCALE was modified from SCALE and reviewed by 16 experienced clinicians to establish content validity. For convergent validity, Mini-SCALE was compared to the Developmental Assessment of Young Children, Second Edition, Gross Motor subdomain (DAYC-2 GM) for 50 participants (aged 4-46 months, 29 males) with cerebral palsy (CP) (n = 20), at risk for CP (n = 9), and typically developing participants (n = 21) using a prospective cross-sectional design. For known-group validity, the scores of children with or a

SUBMITTER: Staudt LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12766546 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature