%0 Journal Article %1 Wei2006 %A Wei, Shi %A Su-Juan, Wang %A Yuan-Gui, Liao %A Hong, Yang %A Xiu-Juan, Xu %A Xiao-Mei, Shao %D 2006 %J Am J Phys Med Rehabil %K Cerebral Palsy; Child, Preschool; Disability Evaluation; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Motor Skills; Reproducibility of Results %N 2 %P 141--147 %T Reliability and validity of the GMFM-66 in 0- to 3-year-old children with cerebral palsy. %V 85 %X OBJECTIVE: To examine the reliability and validity of a 66-item version of the Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM-66) to assess the gross motor functions of children <3 yrs old with cerebral palsy. DESIGN: 298 valid samples were obtained from 171 children with cerebral palsy (male 126, female 45, mean age 19 mos, age range 3-36 mos) measured with GMFM-88. Then a 73-item version of GMFM (GMFM-73) special for these children was obtained by Rasch analysis. GMFM-66 score and GMFM-73 scores of each sample were obtained. The reliability and validity of GMFM-66 were evaluated by analyzing the correlation between the scores and between the change scores of these two GMFM versions. The relative precision of GMFM-73 vs. GMFM-66 was also analyzed. RESULTS: The test-retest reliability and interscorer reliability of GMFM-66 were both high. The ICC scores were 0.9666 and 0.9782, respectively. Significant correlations were found between the scores (r = 0.9848, P < 0.001) and between the change scores (r = 0.8700, P < 0.001) of these two versions of GMFM. A 14\% less gain in relative precision was achieved when using GMFM-73 vs. GMFM-66. CONCLUSION: Results indicated that the GMFM-66 had good reliability and validity in assessing the gross motor functions of children <3 yrs old with cerebral palsy. The GMFM-73 derived in the present study did not function significantly better for young children than GMFM-66.

@article{Wei2006, abstract = {OBJECTIVE: To examine the reliability and validity of a 66-item version of the Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM-66) to assess the gross motor functions of children <3 yrs old with cerebral palsy. DESIGN: 298 valid samples were obtained from 171 children with cerebral palsy (male 126, female 45, mean age 19 mos, age range 3-36 mos) measured with GMFM-88. Then a 73-item version of GMFM (GMFM-73) special for these children was obtained by Rasch analysis. GMFM-66 score and GMFM-73 scores of each sample were obtained. The reliability and validity of GMFM-66 were evaluated by analyzing the correlation between the scores and between the change scores of these two GMFM versions. The relative precision of GMFM-73 vs. GMFM-66 was also analyzed. RESULTS: The test-retest reliability and interscorer reliability of GMFM-66 were both high. The ICC scores were 0.9666 and 0.9782, respectively. Significant correlations were found between the scores (r = 0.9848, P < 0.001) and between the change scores (r = 0.8700, P < 0.001) of these two versions of GMFM. A 14\% less gain in relative precision was achieved when using GMFM-73 vs. GMFM-66. CONCLUSION: Results indicated that the GMFM-66 had good reliability and validity in assessing the gross motor functions of children <3 yrs old with cerebral palsy. The GMFM-73 derived in the present study did not function significantly better for young children than GMFM-66.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T21:54:24.000+0200}, author = {Wei, Shi and Su-Juan, Wang and Yuan-Gui, Liao and Hong, Yang and Xiu-Juan, Xu and Xiao-Mei, Shao}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26665509678369cbec148dc69f20f55c3/ar0berts}, groups = {public}, interhash = {5569a67b265fd1c53cd594f33f7e3208}, intrahash = {6665509678369cbec148dc69f20f55c3}, journal = {Am J Phys Med Rehabil}, keywords = {Cerebral Palsy; Child, Preschool; Disability Evaluation; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Motor Skills; Reproducibility of Results}, month = Feb, number = 2, pages = {141--147}, pii = {00002060-200602000-00006}, pmid = {16428905}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T21:54:24.000+0200}, title = {Reliability and validity of the GMFM-66 in 0- to 3-year-old children with cerebral palsy.}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = 85, year = 2006 }