Who best to make the assessment? Professionals' and families' classifications of gross motor function in cerebral palsy are highly consistent

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 675-679

  Morris, C ^a,b   Kurinczuk, J J ^b   Fitzpatrick, R ^a   Rosenbaum, P L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED CHILDREN; FAMILY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 33746906673     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.090597     Document Type: Article

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