None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of the present study is to translate and cross-culturally adapt the Pediatric Balance Scale to a Brazilian school-age children with mild to moderate motor impairment and to assess its reliability based on the evidence supporting its measurement properties.
Interventions
Administration of Pediatric Balance Scale (PBS) in 60 school-age child with mild to moderate motor impairment. Forty children will be selected for the cultural adaptation process and 20 for assessment of the reliability of Brazilian PBS. The scale was administered on a one-to-one basis by physiotherapist. Ethical approval will be obtained prior to the commencement of the study from our Institutional Ethics Committee. The 14 items contained within PBS assess many of functional activities childre
Administration of Pediatric Balance Scale (PBS) in 60 school-age child with mild to moderate motor impairment. Forty children will be selected for the cultural adaptation process and 20 for assessment of the reliability of Brazilian PBS. The scale was administered on a one-to-one basis by physiotherapist. Ethical approval will be obtained prior to the commencement of the study from our Institutional Ethics Committee. The 14 items contained within PBS assess many of functional activities children must perform to safely and independently their daily function. The aprroximate time taken to administer the PBS is 25 minutes and it will be applied only once in each child for cultural adaptation process. For assessment of the reliability, the PBS was applied twice in each child.
Sponsors
Cristina dos Santos Cardoso de Sa
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
4 Years to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Children: mild to moderate motor impairment; Gross Motor Classification Level I or II. Physiotherapist: clinical specialist in pediatric physical therapy with 3 years of experience.
Exclusion criteria
Children: severe motor impairment, mental age of less than two years, attention deficit desorder, pervasive development delay, or a several receptive language disorder. Physical Therapist: no experience in pediatric physical therapy.
Outcome results
None listed