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Online-Ressource
ISSN:
1678-4227
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Abstract: Motor imagery has emerged as a potential rehabilitation tool in stroke. The goals of this study were: 1) to develop a translated and culturally-adapted Brazilian-Portugese version of the Kinesthetic and Visual Motor Imagery Questionnaire (KVIQ20-P); 2) to evaluate the psychometric characteristics of the scale in a group of patients with stroke and in an age-matched control group; 3) to compare the KVIQ20 performance between the two groups. Methods Test-retest, inter-rater reliabilities, and internal consistencies were evaluated in 40 patients with stroke and 31 healthy participants. Results In the stroke group, ICC confidence intervals showed excellent test-retest and inter-rater reliabilities. Cronbach���s alpha also indicated excellent internal consistency. Results for controls were comparable to those obtained in persons with stroke. Conclusions The excellent psychometric properties of the KVIQ20-P should be considered during the design of studies of motor imagery interventions for stroke rehabilitation.
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volume:76
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number:01
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year:2018
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pages:26-31
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Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria, São Paulo : Academia Brasileira de Neurologia, [1943]-, 76, Heft 01 (2018), 26-31, 1678-4227
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1590/0004-282X20170181
URN:
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023101211562966699061
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1590/0004-282X20170181
URL:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023101211562966699061
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https://d-nb.info/1305835123/34