Development and reliability of a system to classify gross motor function in children with cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 214-223

  Palisano, Robert ^a,d   Rosenbaum, Peter ^b   Walter, Stephen ^b   Russell, Dianna ^c   Wood, Ellen ^b   Galuppi, Barbara ^d  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatrics ^*

^c Neurodevelopmental Clin Res Unit

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030988386     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1997.tb07414.x     Document Type: Article

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