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Validación de la PDMS-2 en población española. Evaluación de la intervención de fisioterapia y la participación de los padres en el tratamiento de niños con trastornos del neurodesarrollo

Publicated to:REVISTA DE NEUROLOGIA. 73 (3): 81-88 - 2021-08-01 73(3), DOI: 10.33588/rn.7303.2021007

Authors: Alvarez-Gonzalo, Veronica; Pandiella-Dominique, Andres; Kurlander-Arigon, Gaston; Simo-Segovia, Rocio; Caballero, Francisco F.; Miret, Marta;

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Hosp Univ La Paz, Dept Fisioterapia, Paseo Castellana 261, E-28046 Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Autonoma Madrid, CIBER Epidemiol & Salud Publ CIBERESP, Dept Med Prevent Salud Publ & Microbiol, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Autonoma Madrid, CIBER Epidemiol & Salud Publ CIBERESP, Dept Psiquaitria, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Carlos III, Inst INAECU, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

Aim. Cross-culturally adapt the PDMS-2 scale from Spanish-Mexican to Spanish-Spanish and evaluate its validity. To determine the efficacy of physiotherapy treatment (number of physiotherapy sessions and activities proposed by the physiotherapist and performed by the parents) in children with neurodevelopmental disorders between the ages of 0 and 3 years.Subjects and methods. A first prospective descriptive study of validation of the PDMS-2 scale including 74 subjects with neurodevelopmental disorder with aged from 0 and 3 years old. A second randomized clinical trial to evaluate the physiotherapy (Bobath concept) intervention in the experimental group (EG) (n = 37) who received unique 30-minute weekly sessions for 8 weeks against the control group (CG) (n = 37) that did not receive physiotherapy using the PDMS-2 scale for evaluation.Results. An adequate inter-rater reliablity was found (ICC = 0.76). The scale showed also a yen; good internal consistency (alpha = 0,99). Significant differences between both groups at 8 weeks. EG obtained better scores in the postest after administrating the physiotherapy treatment (p < 0.001) Moderate and significant correlation coefficients were found between the number of physiotherapy sessions and Total Motor Quotient (TMQ) (r = 0.38; p < 0.05) and the home actitvities with TMQ (r = 0.46; p = 0.005).Conclusions. The Peabody PDMS-2 scale is a valid and reliable instrument to measure gross and fine motor development in children with neurodevelopmental disorder aged from 0 and 3 years old. Physiotherapy is useful for helping children with delayed neurodevelopment improve. The number of physiotherapy sessions and the activities proposed by the physiotherapist and performed at home by the parents show a direct and positive relationship with the results obtained in motor development.

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AdaptationBobath conceptCerebral-palsyMotor scaleMovementNeurodevelopmental delayNeurological rehabilitationPdms-2PhysiotherapyPreterm infantsTherapyTranslationValidationValidity

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal REVISTA DE NEUROLOGIA, and although the journal is classified in the quartile Q4 (Agencia WoS (JCR)), its regional focus and specialization in Clinical Neurology, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 2.1, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jun 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-15, the following number of citations:

  • Scopus: 3

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-15:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 110.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 128 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 0.25.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (MIRET GARCIA, MARTA).