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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2018; 76(01): 26-31
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20170181
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A Brazilian-Portuguese version of the Kinesthetic and Visual Motor Imagery Questionnaire

Versão brasileira do Questionário de Imagética Motora Cinestésica e Visual
Alan Demanboro
1   Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital das Clinicas, São Paulo SP, Brasil;
,
Annette Sterr
1   Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital das Clinicas, São Paulo SP, Brasil;
2   University of Surrey, School of Psychology, UK;
,
Sarah Monteiro dos Anjos
1   Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital das Clinicas, São Paulo SP, Brasil;
3   University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Health Professions, Departments of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy, Birmingham, AL;
,
Adriana Bastos Conforto
1   Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital das Clinicas, São Paulo SP, Brasil;
4   Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo SP, Brasil.
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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.

RESUMO

A Imagética Mental é uma ferramenta em potencial para a reabilitação de indivíduos com doenças cerebrovasculares. Os objetivos desse estudo foram: 1) Desenvolver uma versão traduzida e adaptada culturalmente do Questionário de Imagética Motora Cinestésica e Visual (KVIQ20-P); 2) Avaliar as características psicométricas da escala nesse grupo e em controles; 3) Comparar o desempenho na escala entre os dois grupos.

Métodos Confiabilidades teste-reteste, interexaminador, assim como consistências internas da KVIQ20-P foram avaliadas em 40 indivíduos com AVC e em 31 controles.

Resultados No grupo de pacientes, os intervalos de confiança mostraram excelentes confiabilidades teste-reteste e interexaminador. O alfa de Cronbach indicou uma excelente consistência interna. Os resultados no grupo controle foram comparáveis aos obtidos nos pacientes.

Conclusões As excelentes propriedades psicométricas da KVIQ20-P devem ser consideradas durante o desenho de estudos de Imagética Mental para a reabilitação de indivíduos com doenças cerebrovasculares.

rehabilitation - paresis - stroke - reproducibility of results
reabilitação - paresia - acidente vascular cerebral - reprodutibilidade dos testes

Support:

Annette Sterr received funding from the Science Without Borders program from Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES (Grant number: A068/2013). CAPES had no role in the design of the study or the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, or in writing the manuscript.




Publication History

Received: 11 August 2017

Accepted: 23 October 2017

Article published online:
30 August 2023

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