Reliability of the Melbourne Assessment

University Children's Hospital, Zurich30 enrolled

Overview

The aim of the study is to investigate the reliability of the Melbourne Assessment.

Children with central motor disorders will be tested twice within one week with the Melbourne Assessment. The assessments will be video scored. At a later time point, different raters will rate the same video for inter-rater reliability, the same rater will score the same video for intra-rater reliability, and the same rater will score the repeated assessment videos for test-retest reliability.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy Stroke Traumatic Brain Injury Meningomyelocele Central Nervous System Diseases

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 30 MonthsMax age: 20 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * central motor disorders * ambulant or stationary patients of the Rehabilitation Center Affoltern am Albis * ability to understand test instructions * ability to sit upright for 25 minutes * minimal activity in the assessed upper limb Exclusion Criteria: * severe visual and/or auditory problems * acute lesion in the to assessed upper limb * lack of compliance

Locations (1)

University Children's Hospital Zurich, Rehabilitation Centre Affoltern am Albis

Affoltern am Albis, Switzerland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Melbourne Assessment 2

Assessment to measure unilateral upper limb function

Time frame: 2 assessments within 1 week

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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