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The WC-MAL was employed remotely. Rasch analysis evaluated the structural validity of the instrument. The intra-rater reliability of the WC-MAL score was analysed using the random model Intraclass Correlation Coefficient\u00a0(ICC) and the Standard Error of Measurement was calculated to estimate the precision of individual scores. For concurrent criterion validity, the data from the tachometer were used as the \u201cgold standard\u201d to assess wheelchair mobility, with the WC-MAL serving as the comparator. Pearson\u2019s correlation coefficient was used to evaluate the relationship between the tachometer data and WC-MAL Frequency Scale scores.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The Rasch analysis led to the exclusion of three items (1, 3, and 10) from the original instrument, improving model fit and refining WC-MAL 2.0. WC-MAL 2.0 demonstrated good discriminant ability with a Person Separation Reliability of 0.91\u20130.93 and explained variance between 59.3 and 61%. The WC-MAL 2.0 showed no local dependency, maintained unidimensionality across all scales, and exhibited no uniform Differential Item Functioning. 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