Reliability of the Melbourne Assessment

Completed

• Conditions: Meningomyelocele; Stroke; Cerebral Palsy; Traumatic Brain Injury; Central Nervous System Diseases

• Registration Number: NCT02595411
• Lead Sponsor: University Children's Hospital, Zurich

Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to investigate the reliability of the Melbourne Assessment.

Detailed Description

Children with central motor disorders will be tested twice within one week with the Melbourne Assessment. The assessments will be video scored. At a later time point, different raters will rate the same video for inter-rater reliability, the same rater will score the same video for intra-rater reliability, and the same rater will score the repeated assessment videos for test-retest reliability.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-07
• Study First Submitted: 2015-11-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-11-02
• Study First Posted: 2015-11-03
• Primary Completion: 2016-07
• Study Completion: 2016-12
• Status Verified: 2017-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-02-06
• Last Update Posted: 2017-02-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• central motor disorders
• ambulant or stationary patients of the Rehabilitation Center Affoltern am Albis
• ability to understand test instructions
• ability to sit upright for 25 minutes
• minimal activity in the assessed upper limb

Exclusion Criteria

• severe visual and/or auditory problems
• acute lesion in the to assessed upper limb
• lack of compliance

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Melbourne Assessment 2	2 assessments within 1 week	Assessment to measure unilateral upper limb function

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Children's Hospital Zurich, Rehabilitation Centre Affoltern am Albis; 🇨🇭 Affoltern am Albis, Switzerland