Reliability and validity analyses of the North Star Ambulatory Assessment in Brazilian Portuguese
Okama LO, Zampieri LM, Ramos CL, Toledo FO, Alves CRJ, Mattiello-Sverzut AC, Mayhew A, Sobreira CFR
Neuromuscul Disord. 2017. 27(8):723-729.
Validation study of the cross-cultural adaptation to the Portuguese of the North Star Ambulatory Assessment.
A positive correlation was found between the Portuguese North Star Ambulatory Assessment and the MFM total score (r=0.863).
Keywords: Cross-cultural adaptation; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Functional capacity; North Star Ambulatory Assessment; Reliability; Validity
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