Interrater reliability of the Melbourne Assessment of Unilateral Upper Limb Function for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy.
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Discipline of Occupational Therapy, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St. James, Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland. spirtosa@tcd.ieIssue Date
2012-02-01T10:44:42ZMeSH
AdolescentCerebral Palsy/*physiopathology
Child
Hemiplegia/*physiopathology/*rehabilitation
Humans
Observer Variation
Occupational Therapy/*methods
*Upper Extremity
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Am J Occup Ther. 2011 Jul-Aug;65(4):378-83.Journal
The American journal of occupational therapy. : official publication of the, American Occupational Therapy AssociationPubMed ID
21834452Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We examined the interrater reliability of the Melbourne Assessment of Unilateral Upper Limb Function. METHOD: Three occupational therapists independently scored 34 videotaped assessments of children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy aged 6 yr, 1 mo, to 14 yr, 5 mo. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) at a 95% confidence interval were calculated for total scores, category scores, and item scores. RESULTS: The correlation between raters' total scores was high (ICC = .961). The highest correlation for test components between raters was found for fluency (ICC = .902), followed by range of movement (ICC = .866), and the lowest correlation was found for quality of movement (ICC = .683). The ICCs for individual test item scores varied and ranged from .368 to .899. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated high interrater reliability for total scores, with scoring of some individual components and items requiring further consideration from both a clinical and a research perspective.Language
engISSN
0272-9490 (Print)0272-9490 (Linking)
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