Reliability and validity of the Upper Limb Physician's Rating Scale in children with cerebral palsy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The Upper Limb Physician's Rating Scale (ULPRS) is a tool that assesses movement quality of the upper limbs. It is used as an outcome measure after botulinum toxin type A injection in children with cerebral palsy (CP). This study aimed to investigate the reliability and validity of the ULPRS in children with spastic CP.

Materials and methods

Thirty children with spastic CP (M:F=17:13) aged 5 to 13 years old were recruited. The ULPRS was scored based on recorded videotapes by four physicians on two separate occasions. The Melbourne Assessment of Unilateral Upper Limb Function (MUUL) was scored by an occupational therapist. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs), 95% confidence intervals and weighted kappa statistics were calculated for the scores of ULPRS to obtai

SUBMITTER: Park ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4276766 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature