A new scale for children and adolescents aged 4-18 years, called the Movement Disorder Childhood Rating Scale, was designed to: (1) describe clinical features of different types of movement disorders; (2) evaluate the intensity of movement disorders in different body regions at rest and during specific tasks; and (3) assess the influence of movement disorders on motor function and daily living activities. The scale is divided into 2 parts: Part I for general assessment, and Part II for movement-disorder severity. It includes a 20-minute standardized video protocol of all items. The scale was applied to 61 patients with different types of movement disorder, and was independently scored by 3 observers. Reliability, construct validity, and consistency indexes are reported. High interrater agreement on each item, and a high degree of internal consistency on several proposed items, were evident. © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Movement Disorder-Childhood Rating Scale: Reliability and Validity / Roberta, Battini; Giuseppina, Sgandurra; Elisa, Petacchi; Andrea, Guzzetta; Roberta Di, Pietro; Maria T., Giannini; Leuzzi, Vincenzo; Eugenio, Mercuri; Giovanni, Cioni. - In: PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY. - ISSN 0887-8994. - 39:4(2008), pp. 259-265. [10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.07.002]
Movement Disorder-Childhood Rating Scale: Reliability and Validity
LEUZZI, Vincenzo;
2008
Abstract
A new scale for children and adolescents aged 4-18 years, called the Movement Disorder Childhood Rating Scale, was designed to: (1) describe clinical features of different types of movement disorders; (2) evaluate the intensity of movement disorders in different body regions at rest and during specific tasks; and (3) assess the influence of movement disorders on motor function and daily living activities. The scale is divided into 2 parts: Part I for general assessment, and Part II for movement-disorder severity. It includes a 20-minute standardized video protocol of all items. The scale was applied to 61 patients with different types of movement disorder, and was independently scored by 3 observers. Reliability, construct validity, and consistency indexes are reported. High interrater agreement on each item, and a high degree of internal consistency on several proposed items, were evident. © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.