Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the pediatric motor activity log-revised (PMAL-R) for 2-17 year old children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy.
Mintaze Kerem GünelKübra SeyhanKıvanc DeliogluTuba Derya DoğanTurgay AltunalanYasemin KalaEdward TaubGitendra UswattePublished in: Disability and rehabilitation (2021)
This translation of the PMAL-R has good reliability and validity for measuring everyday use of the more-affected arm in Turkish children with hemiparesis due to CP between 2-17 years. Implications for rehabilitationAn instrument that evaluates real-world arm use in Turkish children with CP.Reliability and concurrent validity of the Turkish PMAL-R is established in 2-17-year old with upper-extremity hemiparesis.Systematic replication of the clinimetric properties of the English PMAL-R is demonstrated in a wider age range than previously, 2-17 years vs. 2-8 years.Reliability and concurrent validity of the PMAL-R is shown in both children with right and left hemiparesis.