The gross motor function classification system for cerebral palsy and single-event multilevel surgery: Is there a relationship between Level of function and intervention over time?

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 910-915

  Godwin, Ellen M ^a   Spero, Charles R ^a   Nof, Leah ^b   Rosenthal, Rebecca R ^b   Echternach, John L ^c  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Gross motor function classification system; Single event multilevel orthopaedic surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE EVENT MULTILEVEL ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74249093641     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181c0494f     Document Type: Article

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