Reliability and validity of Activity of Daily Living Measure Scale(AMS) in patients with spinal cord injury

Abstract

Objective To analyze the reliability and validity of Activity of Daily Living Measure Scale (AMS) in patients with spinal cord injury.Method 30 patients with spinal cord injury were evaluated with AMS.The reliability and vadility of AMS were analyzed.Results AMS had good inter-group reliability,between-groups reliability,face validity,and sensitivity.It showed that AMS was highly relative with FIM and BI and had good criteria validity.Conclusions AMS has good reliability and validity.It should be generally applied in spinal cord injury assessment. Key words: AMS;  Reliability;  Validity;  SCI