@article{ref1,
title="Motor fitness in children and adolescents with traumatic brain injury",
journal="Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation",
year="1996",
author="Rossi, C. and Sullivan, S. J.",
volume="77",
number="10",
pages="1062-1065",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This study examined the test-retest reliability of selected motor fitness test items among children with severe traumatic brain injury. DESIGN: A cohort study consisting of two testing session, one week apart. SETTING: All subjects were recruited from among the former clients of a pediatric rehabilitation center. SUBJECTS: A convenience sample of 19 subjects, 13 boys and 6 girls aged 8 to 17 years, volunteered to participate. All participants had a diagnosis of a severe traumatic brain injury (X +/- SD = 5.88 +/- 1.71 on the Glascow Coma Scale), had completed a program of physical rehabilitation, and were evaluated at 4.16 +/- 2.61 years after their injury. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Performance on twelve motor fitness test items (including flexibility, agility, muscular strength, cardiorespiratory endurance, power, muscular endurance, and coordination) was measured at each of two structured evaluation sessions. RESULTS: No differences (t tests, p < or = .05) were found between the performances on the two testing sessions for any of the variables. The test-retest reliability was established via the intraclass correlation (ICC) and ranged from .84 to .98, indicating &quot;almost perfect&quot; agreement. CONCLUSION: The data indicate that these motor fitness testing protocols are reliable and applicable to traumatic brain injured children in a clinical setting and can thus be used by therapists to plan future interventions to improve the fitness of this clientele.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0003-9993",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}