title: Translation and validation into Brazilian Portuguese of the Spastic Paraplegia Rating Scale (SPRS).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To translate and validate the Spastic Paraplegia Rating Scale (SPRS) into Brazilian-Portuguese.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two experienced and English-fluent neurologists translated SPRS into Portuguese, creating SPRS-BR. We then assessed inter and intra-rater reliability of this version using coefficients of correlation and variability in a cohort of 30 patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean age of patients and disease duration were 47.7 ± 10.5 and 17.0 ± 10.6 years, respectively. Twenty-one had pure HSP and SPG4 was the most frequent genotype. Mean Rankin and SPRS-BR scores were 2.2 ± 0.9 and 19.9 ± 9.9, respectively. Mean intra and inter-rater correlation coefficients of SPRS-BR scores were 0.951 and 0.934, whereas coefficients of variation were 11.5% (inter-rater) and 9.9% (intra-rater). Cronbach's alpha for the whole SPRS-BR scale was 0.873.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SPRS-BR is a useful, reliable and valid clinical instrument.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Universidade de Campinas, Departamento de Neurologia, Campinas SP , Brasil, Universidade de Campinas, Departamento de Neurologia, Campinas SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Katiane R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Servelhere
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Universidade de Campinas, Departamento de Neurologia, Campinas SP , Brasil, Universidade de Campinas, Departamento de Neurologia, Campinas SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Faber
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Universidade de Campinas, Departamento de Neurologia, Campinas SP , Brasil, Universidade de Campinas, Departamento de Neurologia, Campinas SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ana Carolina
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Coan
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Universidade de Campinas, Departamento de Neurologia, Campinas SP , Brasil, Universidade de Campinas, Departamento de Neurologia, Campinas SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Marcondes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: França
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations