Journal article
High-level mobility skills in children and adolescents with traumatic brain injury
AL Kissane, BJ Eldridge, S Kelly, S Vidmar, MP Galea, GP Williams
Brain Injury | TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC | Published : 2015
Abstract
Aim: To evaluate the reliability, validity and responsiveness of the High-level Mobility Assessment Tool (HiMAT) in children and adolescents with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to compare the mobility skills of children with TBI to those of healthy peers.Method: The mobility skills of 52 children with moderate and severe TBI (36 males; mean age = 12 years, range = 6-17) were assessed using the HiMAT and the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI). Inter-rater reliability, re-test reliability and responsiveness of the HiMAT were evaluated in sub-groups by comparing results scored at several time-points. The HiMAT scores of children with TBI were compared with those of a healthy ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper. This study was supported by the Traffic Accident Commission (TAC) Victoria, Australia and Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.