Valores de mudança miníma clinicamente importante de instrumentos de estrutura e funções do corpo para crianças com paralisia cerebral: revisão de escopo

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The Minimal Clinically Important Difference Index (MCID) is a standard way of measuring clinical relevance and provides the lower bound for change in an outcome measure that is important to patients, families, and healthcare professionals. The objectives of this study were to review the literature on the Minimum Clinically Important Change (MCID) indices of measurements of standardized instruments for assessing body structures and functions in children and adolescents with Cerebral Palsy (CP). METHODS: This scoping review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) extension. The following steps were taken: (1) specification of the purpose of the review; (2) search, identification and selection of potential studies; (3) a defined plan for extracting and categorizing the data; and (4) report the results. RESULTS: Nine articles were found, which analyzed nine instruments: energy expenditure during walking (oxygen cost), temporo-spatial gait parameters, 1-minute walk test (1WMT), six-minute walk test (6MWT), spinal alignment and range of motion measurement (SAROMM), pediatric balance scale, numerical spasticity scale, Edinburgh Visual Gait Score (EVGS), Foot profile Score.