Correspondence of classifications between parents of children with cerebral palsy aged 2 to 6years and therapists using the Gross Motor Function Classification System

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 334-337

  Jewell, Ashlyn T ^a   Stokes, Ashley I ^a   Bartlett, Doreen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79952586145     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03853.x     Document Type: Article

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