Validity and Reliability of Turkish Version Leg Activity Measure
Condition: Spinal Cord Injuries; Multiple Sclerosis; Stroke
MeSH terms: Multiple Sclerosis; Spinal Cord Injuries
Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Summary: 
      Patient-filled scales minimize the burden of data collection for clinicians in a clinical
      setting.

      Therefore, Leg activity measure, a new self-report measure of active and passive function in
      the leg, has been developed.

      Leg activity measure consists of three parts. The first part includes passive functions, the
      second part includes active functions, and the third part includes the assessment of quality
      of life.

      It is a valid and reliable test in adult neurological patients with lower extremity
      spasticity. It can be used in the evaluation of the active and passive functions of the
      results of the clinicians' interventions by making the cultural adaptation of the Turkish
      language and examining its validity and reliability. We think that it will be important to
      determine the limitations in activity, participation and daily living activities and to
      evaluate their reflections.
    

Detailed description: 
      Spasticity is a common symptom resulting from stroke, brain trauma, and degenerative brain
      diseases. Spasticity, known as rate-dependent resistance to passive movement, prevents many
      activities of daily living. Lower extremity spasticity, on the other hand, hinders joint
      movements and complicates mobility, transfer and passive activities of caregivers.

      Goals for the treatment of spasticity often focus on active function improvements in walking,
      standing, and moving from different sitting positions. However, improvements in passive
      function tasks and symptom management are often equally important to patients. Active
      function is the use of the limb to directly perform a task. Passive fonskyion is care of the
      affected extremity, usually performed by the person himself, but may require assistance from
      another person.

      There is a need for instruments with demonstrable measurement properties that can reflect a
      clinically significant change in practice. Outcomes developed for treatments such as
      botulinum toxin and physical interventions for spasticity aimed at improving any aspect of
      functional performance (active and passive function) should ideally reflect real-life
      function as opposed to simply observed tasks in the clinical setting.

      Leg activity measure filled by the patient consists of three parts. The first part includes
      passive functions, the second part includes active functions, and the third part includes the
      assessment of quality of life.

      It is a valid and reliable test in adult neurological patients with lower extremity
      spasticity. It can be used in the evaluation of the active and passive functions of the
      results of the clinicians' interventions by making the cultural adaptation of the Turkish
      language and examining its validity and reliability.
    

Intervention name(s): assessment
Intervention type(s): Other
Intervention description(s): Turkish version of Leg Activity Measure Rivearmead Mobility Index Nottingham Health Profile Functional Independence Measures
Observational model: Other
Time perspective: Prospective
Sampling method: Non-Probability Sample
Study population: 
        Adult neurological patients with spasticity of the lower extremities
      
Keywords: activity; participation; spasticity; passive function; active function