OBJECTIVE: To test the intra- and interrater reliability of the Brazilian Portuguese version
of the 66-item Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM-66).METHOD: The sample included 48 children with cerebral palsy (CP), ranging from 2-17 years
old, classified at levels I to IV of the Gross Motor Function Classification
System (GMFCS) and four child rehabilitation examiners. A main examiner evaluated
all children using the GMFM-66 and video-recorded the assessments. The other
examiners watched the video recordings and scored them independently for the
assessment of interrater reliability. For the intrarater reliability evaluation,
the main examiner watched the video recordings one month after the evaluation and
re-scored each child. We calculated reliability by using intraclass correlation
coefficients (ICC) with their respective 95% confidence intervals.RESULTS: Excellent test reliability was documented. The intrarater reliability of the
total sample was ICC=0.99 (95% CI 0.98-0.99), and the interrater reliability was
ICC=0.97 (95% CI 0.95-0.98). The reliability across GMFCS levels ranged from
ICC=0.92 (95% CI 0.72-0.98) to ICC=0.99 (95% CI 0.99-0.99); the lowest value was
the interrater reliability for the GMFCS IV group. Reliability in the five GMFM
dimensions varied from ICC=0.95 (95% CI 0.93-0.97) to ICC=0.99 (95% CI
0.99-0.99).CONCLUSION: The Brazilian Portuguese version of the GMFM-66 showed excellent intra- and
interrater reliability when used in Brazilian children with CP levels GMFCS I to
IV.
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