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Article: Reference curves for the Gross Motor Function Measure: percentiles for clinical description and tracking over time among children with cerebral palsy.(Research Report)
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- Physical Therapy
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- May 1, 2008
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Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of disorders affecting the development of movement and posture and causing activity limitations that are attributed to nonprogressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain. (1) Cerebral palsy occurs in about 2 to 2.5 per 1,000 live births (2) and is the most prevalent childhood neuromuscular condition seen by pediatric rehabilitation practitioners, including physical therapists. The prognosis for gross motor function among children with CP is extremely variable. This variability has been a key challenge for scientific descriptions of motor function as children with CP develop. It is also a fundamental ...
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