01571nas a2200241 4500000000100000008004100001260001700042100001300059700001700072700001400089700001600103700001500119700001600134700001300150700001900163700001500182245006500197250001500262300001100277490000700288520098800295020004601283 2011 d c2294782354591 aShiwa S.1 aC. Lda Costa1 aJunior L.1 aVenancio R.1 aRuggero C.1 aO. Tde Sato1 aLopes A.1 aCosta Leonardo1 aMoseley A.00aReproducibility of the Portuguese version of the PEDro Scale a2011/10/28 a2063-80 v273 a

The objective of this study was to test the inter-rater reproducibility of the Portuguese version of the PEDro Scale. Seven physiotherapists rated the methodological quality of 50 reports of randomized controlled trials written in Portuguese indexed on the PEDro database. Each report was also rated using the English version of the PEDro Scale. Reproducibility was evaluated by comparing two separate ratings of reports written in Portuguese and comparing the Portuguese PEDro score with the English version of the scale. Kappa coefficients ranged from 0.53 to 1.00 for individual item and an intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of 0.82 for the total PEDro score was observed. The standard error of the measurement of the scale was 0.58. The Portuguese version of the scale was comparable with the English version, with an ICC of 0.78. The inter-rater reproducibility of the Brazilian Portuguese PEDro Scale is adequate and similar to the original English version.

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