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Development of the Early Activity Scale for Endurance for children with cerebral palsy
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Development of the Early Activity Scale for Endurance for children with cerebral palsy

Sarah Westcott McCoy, Allison Yocum, Doreen J Bartlett, Jessica Mendoza, Lynn Jeffries, Lisa Chiarello and Robert J Palisano
Pediatric physical therapy, v 24(3), pp 232-240
2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/PEP.0b013e31825c16f6
PMID: 22735471
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Abstract

Disability Evaluation Motor Activity - physiology Confidence Intervals Reproducibility of Results Age Factors Motor Skills - physiology Exercise Test - instrumentation Humans Self Report Cerebral Palsy - physiopathology Child, Preschool Infant Male Psychometrics Statistics as Topic Physical Endurance - physiology Analysis of Variance Cerebral Palsy - diagnosis Exercise Test - methods Statistics, Nonparametric Female Surveys and Questionnaires Cerebral Palsy - psychology
The Early Activity Scale for Endurance (EASE) was developed as a clinically feasible measure of endurance for physical activity in young children with cerebral palsy (CP). Validity and reliability were evaluated. Participants included 414 children with CP and 106 without CP. Parents completed the EASE, an 11-item self-report measure. For construct validity, EASE scores were compared by Gross Motor Function Classification System levels (0 assigned for children without CP), age, and gender. In subgroups, convergent validity with the 6-minute walk test and test-retest reliability with a second EASE were evaluated. EASE scores differed significantly by Gross Motor Function Classification System, but not by age or gender. The EASE correlated moderately (rs = 0.57) with the 6-minute walk test. Test-retest reliability was high, intraclass correlation (2,1) = 0.95. The EASE has acceptable psychometrics for use in practice and research to estimate endurance for physical activity in young children with CP.

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