Gross Motor Function Classification System used in adults with cerebral palsy: Agreement of self-reported versus professional rating

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 734-738

  Jahnsen, Reidun ^a   Aamodt, Geir ^b   Rosenbaum, Peter ^c  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPINE SURGERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WALKING AID; WHEELCHAIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF-EXAMINATION;

EID: 33747181986     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162206001575     Document Type: Review

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