Using the Gross Motor Function Classification System to describe patterns of motor severity in cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1007-1012

  Reid, Susan M ^a,b   Carlin, John B ^a,b   Reddihough, Dinah S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDLINE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054961268     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04044.x     Document Type: Article

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