COMPARISON OF SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE MEASURES OF MOVEMENT PERFORMANCE IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL-PALSY

Citation
Tm. Bach et al., COMPARISON OF SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE MEASURES OF MOVEMENT PERFORMANCE IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL-PALSY, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 36(11), 1994, pp. 974-979
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Clinical Neurology
ISSN journal
00121622
Volume
36
Issue
11
Year of publication
1994
Pages
974 - 979
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-1622(1994)36:11<974:COSAOM>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
This study evaluated the use of accelerometry to measure the quality o f movement in children with cerebral palsy. Accelerometer scores based on a previously described test were correlated with scores on a newly developed clinical test shown to be both valid and reliable. Low corr elations were obtained between clinical test scores and accelerometer scores. Although the accelerometer test has been shown to be effective in distinguishing between able-bodied children and those with cerebra l palsy, it is not sufficiently sensitive to distinguish between level s of movement quality in the latter population. The accelerometer may measure a different aspect of movement from that measured by the clini cal test, and does not appear to be a valid test of the quality of mov ement in children with cerebral palsy.