title: Scale for evaluation of movement disorders in the first three years of life.
abstract: Most rating scales to assess movement disorders in children were mainly designed for adult patients, and are limited to a single type of disorder. A new scale for developmental age, the Movement Disorder-Childhood Rating Scale, was recently designed and validated for children and adolescents aged 4-18 years. We introduce a new version of this scale, the Movement Disorder-Childhood Rating Scale 0-3, suitable for application in children aged <4 years. The scale was tested for reliability and consistency in 40 children (aged 0.3-3.6 years) with different types of movement disorders. The results indicate high interrater agreement on each item, and a high degree of internal consistency on several proposed items. The scale can be used to assess and monitor young children with movement disorders during specific treatments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental Neuroscience, Stella Maris Scientific Institute, Calambrone, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Battini
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guzzetta
authors.forename: Giuseppina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sgandurra
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Di Pietro
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Petacchi
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mercuri
authors.forename: Maria T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Giannini
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Leuzzi
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cioni
mesh_terms: D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D015588:Observer Variation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014741:Video Recording