Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria (Jul 2024)

Brazilian version of the Hammersmith Functional Motor Scale Expanded: cross-cultural adaptation and validation

  • Ana Carolina Monteiro Lessa de Moura,
  • Marina Belisário Carvalhais,
  • Gabriela Palhares Campolina Sampaio,
  • Clara Catharino Pinhati,
  • Jacqueline Montes,
  • Juliana Gurgel-Giannetti

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1788587
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 82, no. 07
pp. 001 – 007

Abstract

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Background The Hammersmith Functional Motor Scale Expanded (HFMSE) has been widely used to assess the motor function of patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) older than 2 years, with the ability to sit and/or walk.

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