Reliability and Validity of Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control (SATCo) in Subjects with Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy of Age 1 to 5 Years – A Cross Sectional Study.

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Population: Pediatric

Jaya Shanker Tedla, PT, PhD, Assistant Professor, King Khalid University jtedla@kku.edu.sa

Rakesh krishna, MPT, Assistant professor, Srinivas college of physiotherapy rk_pt121@yahoo.in

Keywords: Prediction, Spastic Qualdripelia Cerebral Palsy, Trunk Control, Scale Validity

Purpose: Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control (SATCo) is a clinical tool to evaluate trunk control in subjects with Cerebral palsy (CP). Aim of present study is to determine intra-rater, inter-rater reliability and concurrent validity of SATCo in subjects with spastic quadriplegic CP.

Methodology: A cross sectional study was done on 31 subjects with spastic quadriplegic CP of age 1 to 5 years. Subjects underwent assessment of trunk control by principal rater (R1) using SATCo. Each assessment was video recorded, scored retrospectively and independently by principal rater (R2) and secondary rater (R3) for intra-rater and inter-rater reliability respectively. Concurrent Validity was established using sitting component of GMFM-88.

Results: ICC values for intra-rater and inter-rater reliability were from 0.82 to 0.98 concurrent validity calculated using Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficients were from 0.72 to 0.77.

Conclusion: SATCo provides reliable and valid measurements that can be used for examining trunk in subjects with quadriplegic CP.

Clinical Relavence: By this study we can say that trunk control of children with spastic diplegia can be measured by Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control (SATCo). Therapist can use this scale with confidence to measure the trunk control.

Citation:
Tedla, Jaya Shanker , PT, PhD; krishna, Rakesh , MPT. Reliability and Validity of Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control (SATCo) in Subjects with Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy of Age 1 to 5 Years – A Cross Sectional Study.. Poster Presentation. IV STEP Conference, American Physical Therapy Association, Columbus, OH, July 17, 2016. Online. https://u.osu.edu/ivstep/poster/abstracts/098_tedla-krishna/

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