Cross-cultural adaptation of the West and Central African version of the ABILHAND-Kids questionnaire for children with cerebral palsy

The West and Central African version of ABILHAND-Kids is valid and reliable for assessing the manual ability of children with CP in daily activities within the African sociocultural context. Implications for RehabilitationThe West and Central African version of ABILHAND-Kids questionnaire offers a valid and reliable measurement of manual ability in daily life activities in the African context.As a Rasch-built scale, linear measures allow manual ability changes to be quantified in African children with cerebral palsy from 3 to 19 years.Its high measurement precision and availability (https://www.rehab-scales.org) enable manual ability assessment in West and Central African children with cerebral palsy, whatever parents' education and children's age, gender, manual ability levels, and type of cerebral palsy.