Assessing functional differences in gross motor skills in children with cerebral palsy who use an ambulatory aid or orthoses: Can the GMFM-88 help?

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 462-467

  Russell, Dianne J ^a   Gorter, J W ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WALKING AID;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 21244482491     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162205000897     Document Type: Article

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