title: Upper limb assessment in children with cerebral palsy: translation and reliability of the French version for the Melbourne unilateral upper limb assessment (test de Melbourne).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Melbourne unilateral upper limb assessment evaluates upper limb function in children with neurologic impairment aged from 5 to 15 years old. Its validity and reliability have been well demonstrated for the English version, which supports this tool as a reference tool.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To present the French version of the Melbourne, its validity and reliability in order to offer French-speaking clinicians a relevant tool.
  
  
  METHODS
  The criterion validity was studied in a group of 46 children (mean age 10.6 years, gross motor function classification system in cerebral palsy [GMFCS] 1 to 4) in comparison with Box and Block test; the intra-rater and inter-rater reliability was studied in a group of 11 hemiplegic children (mean age 9.8 years, GMFCS 1 or 2).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The French version of the Melbourne test has a good criterion validity, with a good correlation between the score of Melbourne and the score of Box and Block test; the intra-rater reliability is very high or excellent, the inter-rater reliability is good on the whole, from moderate to excellent depending on the items.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Melbourne test is a tool which has good psychometric properties. The French version is usable and reliable.
authors.affiliation: Centre médico-chirurgical de réadaptation des massues, 92, rue Edmond-Locard, 69322 Lyon cedex 05, France. ergo@cmcr-massues.com
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bard
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chaléat-Valayer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Combey
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Bleu
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Perretant
authors.forename: J-C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Bernard
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000379:methods*; D015588:Observer Variation; D011594:Psychometrics; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000503:physiopathology*