Translation and cross-cultural adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese of the Modified Tardieu Scale for muscle tone assessment among patients with spinal cord injury
ABSTRACT Background: Assessment of muscle tone is of great importance for evaluating people with spinal injuries. Objective: To translate and adapt the Modified Tardieu Scale (MTS) to Brazilian Portuguese and validate its use for evaluating patients with spinal cord injury. Methods: The translati...
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| author | Patrícia Lima do Amaral Santos Roberta Caveiro Gaspar Natália Padula Daniela Melo Almeida Mariana Callil Voos |
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| description | ABSTRACT Background: Assessment of muscle tone is of great importance for evaluating people with spinal injuries. Objective: To translate and adapt the Modified Tardieu Scale (MTS) to Brazilian Portuguese and validate its use for evaluating patients with spinal cord injury. Methods: The translation and adaptation of the “Escala de Tardieu Modificada” went through the steps of translation, translation synthesis, back-translation and expert committee meeting. Two evaluators rated the tone of the elbow flexors/extensors, wrist extensors, knee flexors/extensors and ankle plantar flexors of 51 patients with spinal cord injury. These patients were reevaluated after one week. Validation included intra and inter-rater reliability (ICC) and internal and external consistency. The Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) was used in the evaluations, to investigate the correlations. Results: The Brazilian Portuguese version of the MTS is presented in this study. ICCs ranged from 0.60 to 0.99 (intra and inter-examiner) and there was a moderate to strong correlation with MAS. Conclusions: The MTS proved to be adequate for assessing the muscle tone of people with spinal cord injury in Brazil. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-059bacfde294463b8506a3168364693b2022-12-21T21:34:06ZengAcademia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272021-08-0179759059710.1590/0004-282x-anp-2020-0366Translation and cross-cultural adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese of the Modified Tardieu Scale for muscle tone assessment among patients with spinal cord injuryPatrícia Lima do Amaral Santoshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7356-1330Roberta Caveiro Gasparhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6613-6785Natália Padulahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7604-9677Daniela Melo Almeidahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6444-8723Mariana Callil Vooshttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6252-7287ABSTRACT Background: Assessment of muscle tone is of great importance for evaluating people with spinal injuries. Objective: To translate and adapt the Modified Tardieu Scale (MTS) to Brazilian Portuguese and validate its use for evaluating patients with spinal cord injury. Methods: The translation and adaptation of the “Escala de Tardieu Modificada” went through the steps of translation, translation synthesis, back-translation and expert committee meeting. Two evaluators rated the tone of the elbow flexors/extensors, wrist extensors, knee flexors/extensors and ankle plantar flexors of 51 patients with spinal cord injury. These patients were reevaluated after one week. Validation included intra and inter-rater reliability (ICC) and internal and external consistency. The Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) was used in the evaluations, to investigate the correlations. Results: The Brazilian Portuguese version of the MTS is presented in this study. ICCs ranged from 0.60 to 0.99 (intra and inter-examiner) and there was a moderate to strong correlation with MAS. Conclusions: The MTS proved to be adequate for assessing the muscle tone of people with spinal cord injury in Brazil.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2021000700590&tlng=enSpinal cord diseasesMuscle spasticityEvaluation studies as topicSpinal cordMuscle tonusSpinal cord injuries |
| spellingShingle | Patrícia Lima do Amaral Santos Roberta Caveiro Gaspar Natália Padula Daniela Melo Almeida Mariana Callil Voos Translation and cross-cultural adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese of the Modified Tardieu Scale for muscle tone assessment among patients with spinal cord injury Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria Spinal cord diseases Muscle spasticity Evaluation studies as topic Spinal cord Muscle tonus Spinal cord injuries |
| title | Translation and cross-cultural adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese of the Modified Tardieu Scale for muscle tone assessment among patients with spinal cord injury |
| title_full | Translation and cross-cultural adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese of the Modified Tardieu Scale for muscle tone assessment among patients with spinal cord injury |
| title_fullStr | Translation and cross-cultural adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese of the Modified Tardieu Scale for muscle tone assessment among patients with spinal cord injury |
| title_full_unstemmed | Translation and cross-cultural adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese of the Modified Tardieu Scale for muscle tone assessment among patients with spinal cord injury |
| title_short | Translation and cross-cultural adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese of the Modified Tardieu Scale for muscle tone assessment among patients with spinal cord injury |
| title_sort | translation and cross cultural adaptation to brazilian portuguese of the modified tardieu scale for muscle tone assessment among patients with spinal cord injury |
| topic | Spinal cord diseases Muscle spasticity Evaluation studies as topic Spinal cord Muscle tonus Spinal cord injuries |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2021000700590&tlng=en |
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