Journal article
Should the Gross Motor Function Classification System be used for children who do not have cerebral palsy?
Abstract
This literature review addressed four questions. (1) In which populations other than cerebral palsy (CP) has the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) been applied? (2) In what types of study, and why was it used? (3) How was it modified to facilitate these applications? (4) What justifications and evidence of psychometric adequacy were used to support its application? A search of PubMed, MEDLINE, and Embase databases (January 1997 …
Authors
Towns M; Rosenbaum P; Palisano R; Wright FV
Journal
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, Vol. 60, No. 2, pp. 147–154
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
February 2018
DOI
10.1111/dmcn.13602
ISSN
0012-1622