The Quality Function Measure: Reliability and discriminant validity of a new measure of quality of gross motor movement in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 770-778

  Wright, F Virginia ^a,b   Rosenbaum, Peter ^c,d   Fehlings, Darcy ^b,e   Mesterman, Ronit ^d   Breuer, Ute ^f   Kim, Marie ^g  

^a University of Toronto   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g ErinoakKids Centre for Treatment and Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION MEASURE; GROSS MOTOR MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; JUMPING; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; STANDING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84904128584     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12453     Document Type: Article

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