REPAS, a summary rating scale for resistance to passive movement: item selection, reliability and validity.
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REPAS, a summary rating scale for resistance to passive movement: item selection, reliability and validity. / Platz, Thomas; Vuadens, P; Eickhof, Christel; Arnold, P; Stefanie, Van Kaick; Heise, Kirstin-Friederike.
In: DISABIL REHABIL, Vol. 30, No. 1, 1, 2008, p. 44-53.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - REPAS, a summary rating scale for resistance to passive movement: item selection, reliability and validity.
AU - Platz, Thomas
AU - Vuadens, P
AU - Eickhof, Christel
AU - Arnold, P
AU - Stefanie, Van Kaick
AU - Heise, Kirstin-Friederike
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - PURPOSE: To establish: (i) item characteristics and item selection for the REPAS; (ii) internal consistency, inter-rater and test-retest reliability of the final REPAS version and its subtests; (iii) the association between the REPAS and selected other clinical scales of impairment and activity limitation. METHOD: Thirty-three neurological patients with central paresis. Two REPAS assessments with a one-week interval by two independent raters. Concurrent assessment of the Motricity Index, Box-and-Block test, Functional Ambulation Category, Timed walking, Barthel Index, Disability Rating Scale, Carer Burden Scale, and Hygiene Score. RESULTS: Twenty-six of 52 REPAS items fulfilled the item selection criteria. The final test version showed a high internal consistency, inter-rater and test-retest reliability (correlation coefficients: 0.87-0.97, no significant difference between raters or with test repetition). Reliability of the arm and leg subtests was substantial (correlation coefficients: arm subtest 0.63-0.98, leg subtest 0.56-0.96). REPAS scores were moderately associated with basic ADL competence and a carer's burden with arm or leg adductor spasticity. The REPAS, arm subtest scores, degree of arm paresis and gross manual dexterity showed a moderately high association. CONCLUSIONS: The Ashworth scale-based guidelines assured comparability of test administration and scoring. The REPAS is a reliable and valid summary rating scale for resistance to passive movement.
AB - PURPOSE: To establish: (i) item characteristics and item selection for the REPAS; (ii) internal consistency, inter-rater and test-retest reliability of the final REPAS version and its subtests; (iii) the association between the REPAS and selected other clinical scales of impairment and activity limitation. METHOD: Thirty-three neurological patients with central paresis. Two REPAS assessments with a one-week interval by two independent raters. Concurrent assessment of the Motricity Index, Box-and-Block test, Functional Ambulation Category, Timed walking, Barthel Index, Disability Rating Scale, Carer Burden Scale, and Hygiene Score. RESULTS: Twenty-six of 52 REPAS items fulfilled the item selection criteria. The final test version showed a high internal consistency, inter-rater and test-retest reliability (correlation coefficients: 0.87-0.97, no significant difference between raters or with test repetition). Reliability of the arm and leg subtests was substantial (correlation coefficients: arm subtest 0.63-0.98, leg subtest 0.56-0.96). REPAS scores were moderately associated with basic ADL competence and a carer's burden with arm or leg adductor spasticity. The REPAS, arm subtest scores, degree of arm paresis and gross manual dexterity showed a moderately high association. CONCLUSIONS: The Ashworth scale-based guidelines assured comparability of test administration and scoring. The REPAS is a reliable and valid summary rating scale for resistance to passive movement.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 30
SP - 44
EP - 53
JO - DISABIL REHABIL
JF - DISABIL REHABIL
SN - 0963-8288
IS - 1
M1 - 1
ER -