title: Clinical tools designed to assess motor abilities in children with cerebral palsy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This systematic review aimed to list the tools used by rehabilitation professionals to test motor abilities in children with cerebral palsy (CP), to determine if these tools have psychometric properties specifically measured for CP, and to identify the main characteristics of these tools.
  
  
  METHODS
  Web of Science, PEDro, PubMed/MEDLINE, Science Direct, and SciELO databases were searched to identify the tools. PubMed/MEDLINE was then searched to identify the studies assessing those tools' psychometric properties. The agreement-based standards for the selection of health measurement tools and the Terwee criteria were used to assess the quality and the results of each included study, respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eighteen tools were identified. The psychometric properties of many of the tools used with children with CP have not been evaluated for this population.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The psychometric properties evaluated often have a poor methodological quality of measurement. Overall, we suggest the tools with most empirical support to evaluate children with CP.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Physiotherapy, Neuropediatrics Section , Federal University of São Carlos , São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Silvia L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Pavão
authors.affiliation: a Department of Physiotherapy, Neuropediatrics Section , Federal University of São Carlos , São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernanda P S
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: b Departments of Physical Therapy and Pediatrics , Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond , VA , USA.
authors.forename: Stacey C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Dusing
authors.affiliation: a Department of Physiotherapy, Neuropediatrics Section , Federal University of São Carlos , São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Nelci Adriana C F
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Rocha
mesh_terms: D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D000066530:Neurological Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
keywords: Assessment tools; cerebral palsy; clinical tools; motor activities; physical rehabilitation