Interobserver reliability of the Turkish version of the expanded and revised gross motor function classification system

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1030-1033

  El, Özlem ^a   Baydar, Meltem ^a   Berk, Haluk ^a   Peker, Özlen ^a   Koşşay, Can ^a   Demiral, Yücel ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Gross motor function classification system; Reliability; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TURKEY;

EID: 84860111438     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2011.632466     Document Type: Article

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