title: Motor Activity Log-Brazil: reliability and relationships with motor impairments in individuals with chronic stroke.
abstract: The Motor Activity Log (MAL) assesses the spontaneous use of the most affected upper limb with the amount of use (AOU) and quality of movement (QOM) scales during daily activities in real environments in individuals with chronic stroke.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study translated the testing manual into Portuguese and assessed the inter-rater and test-retest reliabilities of the MAL, based upon the Brazilian manual version.
  
  
  METHODS
  The inter-rater reliability was evaluated by comparing the results of two examiners, and the test-retest reliability was tested by comparing the results of two evaluations, repeated one-week apart with 30 individuals with chronic hemiparesis (55.8±15.1 years).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The intra-class correlation coefficients (ICCs) for the total scores were adequate for both the inter-rater (0.98 for the AOU and 0.91 for QOM) and test-retest reliabilities (0.99 for both scales).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results suggested that the MAL was reliable to evaluate the spontaneous use of the most affected upper limb after stroke.
authors.affiliation: Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis SC, Brazil. nat_duarte@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Natalia Duarte
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Angélica Cristiane
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Ovando
authors.forename: Stella Maris
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Michaelsen
authors.forename: Sarah Monteiro Dos
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Anjos
authors.forename: Renata Cristina Magalhães
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Lucas Rodrigues
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Nascimento
authors.forename: Luci Fuscaldi
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Teixeira-Salmela
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014175:Translating