Changes over years in gross motor function of 3-8 year old children with cerebral palsy: Using the gross motor function measure (GMFM-88)

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 408-411

  Harries, Netta ^a,b   Kassirer, Michal ^a,b   Amichai, Tali ^a,b   Lahat, Eli ^a,b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Children; GMFM test; Motor development curves; Motor function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GROUPS BY AGE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED CHILDREN; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 3242882481     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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