Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Face Validity of the Functional Mobility Assessment into Brazilian Portuguese.

Introduction. The Functional Mobility Assessment (FMA) measures satisfaction with mobility devices in daily life. However, in Brazil, there is a lack of instruments which measure functional mobility. OBJECTIVE: We aim to report the cross-cultural adaptation process and face validity of the FMA for use in Brazil. METHODS: Two international guidelines were used in the cross-cultural adaptation process. Two independent translators translated the instrument from English to Brazilian Portuguese, and the two versions were reconciled. Two different translators back translated this reconciled version, and an expert committee analysed the resulting synthesis. For face validity, the FMA was applied with 24 participants, divided into two groups, users with disabilities (n = 12) and occupational therapy students (n = 12) and occupational therapy students (. RESULTS: The cross-cultural adaptation of the FMA was concluded, and its face validity presented that both groups understood most or completely all instrument items. CONCLUSION: The Brazilian version of FMA is now available in Brazilian Portuguese and has face validation. Further studies should test its psychometric properties.

Estudo do desempenho funcional de crianças com paralisia cerebral diparética espástica utilizando o pediatric evaluation of disability inventory (pedi) / Study of children functional performance with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy utilizing the pediatriac evaluation of disability inventory (pedi)

Este estudo teve como objetivo de traçar o perfil funcional de crianças portadoras de paralisia cerebral (PC) diparética espástica. Foram avaliadas 20 crianças, sendo dez com desenvolvimento normal (que frequentam a Escola Municipal de Educação Infantil-EMEI - São Paulo) e dez portadores de paralisia cerebral diparética espástica (que frequentam o setor de terapia ocupacional infantil da Associação de Assistência à Criança Deficiente - AACD, São Paulo), utilizando o teste funcional padronizado PEDI. Análises comparativas nas três áreas de desempenho funcional mostram diferenças significativas nas áreas de autocuidado e mobilidade. Os resultados revelam que o impacto desta patologia no perfil funcional das crianças foi manifestado, principalmente, em atividades que envolvem coordenação bimanual e nas atividades de transferências. Tais resultados podem direcionar estratégias de avaliação em crianças portadoras de paralisia cerebral.