The Brazilian version of the Pediatric Evaluation of
Disability Inventory (PEDI) was applied to analyze functional
performance. This test is divided into three distinct
parts, that inform about three areas of functional performance.
This study used only parts I and II; the third part,
about changes in the environment, was not performed. The
first part documents the functional skills of the child in
the following scales: self-care, mobility and social function.
Each item receives score 1 if the child is able to perform the
activity, or 0 if it is not able to perform it. The total scores
on each scale of this part results in a total gross score for
each of the three areas of functional skills.