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Article: The Gross Motor Performance Measure: validity and responsiveness of a measure of quality of movement.
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- Physical Therapy
- Article date:
- July 1, 1995
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Key Words: Cerebral palsy, Gross motor behavior, Measurement, Movement, Validity.
Research in the field of cerebral palsy (CP) has been hampered by a lack of reliable, valid, and responsive measures of physical function. In particular, before studies of treatment efficacy or effectiveness can be implemented, there is a need for good measures of gross motor behavior.[1]
Gross motor behavior in children with CP has been conceptualized as having two main features: function and performance.[2] We use the term "gross motor function" to describe the accomplishment of motor activities, or how much the child does, for example, standing independently for 10 seconds. ...