Criterion validity of the GMFM-66 item set and the GMFM-66 basal and ceiling approaches for estimating GMFM-66 scores

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 534-538

  Avery, Lisa M ^a   Russell, Dianne J ^a,b   Rosenbaum, Peter L ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRITERION VARIABLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION MEASURE; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION MEASURE 66; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84876856638     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12120     Document Type: Article

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