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Construct validity was assessed by comparing MVICs in TD children (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 28) to children with CP (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 26) and to children with DMD (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 30), using the Kruskal Wallis and post-hoc Mann-Whitney U tests. Responsiveness was investigated by assessing changes in MVICs following a strength intervention in CP (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 26) and a 1 and 2\u00a0year follow-up study in DMD (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 13 and <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 6, respectively), using the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test. The overall intra-rater reliability, was classified as good to excellent for 65.1%, moderate for 27.0% and poor for 7.9% of the measures (47.6%, 76.2%, and 66.7% good-excellent; 28.6%, 23.8%, and 33.7% moderate; 23.8%, 0%, and 0% poor in TD, CP, and DMD, respectively), while ICC values for TD children were slightly lower for inter-rater intrasession reliability (38.1% good-excellent, 33.3% moderate and 26.6% poor) and for inter-rater intersession reliability (47.6% good-excellent, 23.8% moderate and 28.6% poor). Children with CP and DMD were significantly weaker than TD children (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001) and the majority of these strength differences exceeded the MDC. Children with CP significantly improved strength after training, with changes that exceeded the SEMs, whereas only limited strength decreases over time were observed in the DMD cohort. In conclusion, the investigated instrumented strength assessment was sufficiently reliable to confirm known-group validity for both cohorts and could detect the responsiveness of children with CP after a strength intervention. 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