Kyung-Sook Bang, Sungjae Kim, Kalevi M Korpela, Min Kyung Song, Gumhee Lee, Yeseul Jeong
Evaluating the Reliability and Validity of the Children's Vitality-Relaxation Scale
International journal of environmental research and public health
examine relationship assisting hand use bimanual activities childrens selfcare activities task performance retrospectively analysed daily functioning pediatric evaluation disability inventory pedi bimanual performance assisting hand assessment aha data assessment 112 children mean age 8 years 10 months sd 2 years 1 month range 3 years 7 months17 years 4 months 66 males 46 females unilateral spastic cerebral palsy cp used rasch analysis examine relationship individual item scores aha selfcare items functional skills caregiver assistance pedi selfcare functional skills caregiverassisted tasks located middle unidimensional continuum items showed similar levels difficulty items aha related effective coordination two hands appropriate pace use assisting hand stabilize release objects well variations arm movements distribution pedi selfcare aha items along unidimensional continuum illustrates relationship assisting hand use selfcare bimanual performance interpretation items locations hierarchical unidimensional continuum may helpful therapists clinical reasoning suggest intervention goals improve hand function daily functioning children unilateral spastic cp application needs investigation