Stability of the Gross Motor Function Classification System

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 424-428

  Palisano, Robert J ^a,b   Cameron, David ^a   Rosenbaum, Peter L ^a   Walter, Stephen D ^a   Russell, Dianne ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REFERENCE VALUE;

CHILD; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33646696117     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162206000934     Document Type: Article

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