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PURPOSE: To examine the inter-rater reliability and comparative validity of
product-oriented and process-oriented measures of fundamental movement skills
among children with cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD: In total,
30 children with CP
aged 6 to 14 years (Mean = 9.83, SD = 2.5) and classified in Gross Motor Function
Classification System (GMFCS) levels I-III performed tasks of catching, throwing,
kicking, horizontal jumping and running. Process-oriented assessment was
undertaken using a number of components of the Test of Gross Motor Development
(TGMD-2), while product-oriented assessment included measures of time taken,
distance covered and number of successful task completions. Cohen's kappa,
Spearman's rank correlation coefficient and tests to compare correlated
correlation coefficients were performed. RESULTS: Very good inter-rater
reliability was found. Process-oriented measures for running and jumping had
significant associations with GMFCS, as did seven product-oriented measures for
catching, throwing, kicking, running and jumping. Product-oriented measures of
catching, kicking and running had stronger associations with GMFCS than the
corresponding process-oriented measures. CONCLUSION: Findings support the
validity of process-oriented measures for running and jumping and of
product-oriented measures of catching, throwing, kicking, running and jumping.
However, product-oriented measures for catching, kicking and running appear to
have stronger associations with functional abilities of children with CP, and are
thus recommended for use in rehabilitation processes.

Langue : ANGLAIS