Psychometric Evaluation of 2 New Upper Extremity Functional Strength Tests in Children With Cerebral Palsy | Zendy

Koen J F M Dekkers | Zendy; Rob Smeets | Zendy; Yvonne JanssenPotten | Zendy; Andrew M. Gordon | Zendy; Lucianne Speth | Zendy; Eugène Rameckers | Zendy

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Psychometric Evaluation of 2 New Upper Extremity Functional Strength Tests in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Author(s) -

Koen J F M Dekkers,

Rob Smeets,

Yvonne JanssenPotten,

Andrew M. Gordon,

Lucianne Speth,

Eugène Rameckers

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

physical therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1538-6724

pISSN - 0031-9023

DOI - 10.1093/ptj/pzz019

Subject(s) - isometric exercise , intraclass correlation , cerebral palsy , confidence interval , inter rater reliability , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , reliability (semiconductor) , context (archaeology) , grip strength , hand strength , medicine , psychology , psychometrics , developmental psychology , rating scale , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , biology

For children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy (USCP), reduced muscle strength can lead to activity limitations. However, none of the existing measures of upper extremity strength measure strength in the context of functional activities in which strength must be maintained for several seconds.

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