Reliability and Validity of the Trunk Control Measurement Scale in Children With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Autor:	Bulut N; Faculty of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey., Aydın Yağcıoğlu G; Department of Orthotics and Prosthetics, Gulhane Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey., Yardımcı-Lokmanoğlu BN; Faculty of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey., Alemdaroğlu-Gürbüz İ; Faculty of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey., Yılmaz Ö; Faculty of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey., Karaduman A; Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Lokman Hekim University, Ankara, Turkey.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Perceptual and motor skills [Percept Mot Skills] 2024 Dec; Vol. 131 (6), pp. 2167-2181. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 22.
DOI:	10.1177/00315125241286622
Abstrakt:	While trunk control is essential for daily activities and motor function, there is currently sparse information regarding the psychometric properties of the outcome measures used for assessing trunk control in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), characterized by proximal muscle weakness. The Trunk Control Measurement Scale (TCMS) was developed to assess trunk control in children with cerebral palsy. We aimed to examine the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the TCMS for children with DMD. We determined the functional level of 52 children with DMD (median age: 8.83 years) with the Vignos Scale, and we further evaluated them with the Motor Function Measure (MFM), a gold standard for determining the validity of the TCMS. Internal consistency of the Turkish TCMS was excellent with a Cronbach's alpha of .95. Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) values for intra-rater reliability were between 0.90-0.96 and for inter-rater reliability were between 0.91-0.95. We reported positive moderate to strong correlations between the TCMS and trunk flexors strength ( p < .001, r = 0.77), back extensors strength ( p < .001, r = 0.68) and MFM ( p < .001, r = 0.85). Thus, we found the Turkish version of TCMS to be a reliable and valid instrument for assessing trunk control of children with DMD in clinical and research settings. Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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