This Article Full Text (PDF) All Versions of this Article: 0269215509102965v1 23/8/725    most recent References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Jaya Shanker Tedla Articles by Katragadda, S. PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Jaya Shanker Tedla, Articles by Katragadda, S. Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

Inter-rater reliability of the Top Down Motor Milestone Test: a cross-sectional study

Department of Physiotherapy, Kasturba Medical College Hospital, A Constituent Institute of Manipal University, Mangalore, India, shankar_tedla{at}yahoo.co.in

Sailakshmi Ganesan

Department of Physiotherapy, Kasturba Medical College Hospital, A Constituent Institute of Manipal University, Mangalore, India

Srinadh Katragadda

Department of Physiotherapy, Kasturba Medical College Hospital, A Constituent Institute of Manipal University, Mangalore, India

Objective: To assess the inter-rater reliability of the Top Down Motor Milestone Test, which is the first step of the Mobility Opportunities Via Education programme in children with motor disabilities.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Setting: Neurosensory Developmental Unit of a tertiary hospital.

Subjects: Parents of 21 children with motor disabilities were interviewed and scored on the Top Down Motor Milestone Test.

Methods: The subjects were interviewed by one therapist while two other therapists observed the interview procedure. All three therapists were blinded to each other's scores.

Results: Inter-rater reliability was analysed for all the 16 subtests using the inter-rater kappa. The pooled kappa was done for the three raters. The standard error and the P-value were also calculated. The value of inter-rater kappa for individual subtests ranged from 0.74 to 0.96. Pooled kappa for the Top Down Motor Milestone Test was 0.88 with standard error 0.06 and P-value50.01.

Conclusion: The inter-rater reliability of the Top Down Motor Milestone Test proved to be good for each subtest and for the whole test.

This version was published on August 1, 2009

Clinical Rehabilitation, Vol. 23, No. 8, 725-729 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0269215509102965


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?