Quantifying the effects of interventions for movement disorders resulting from cerebral palsy.
The purpose of this article is to review a variety of tests and measures that are useful in documenting and quantifying the outcomes of intervention for persons with cerebral palsy. The topics included are (1) a discussion of the need for meaningful outcome measures, (2) a model of the disabling process for classifying measures used to assess several different dimensions of disablement, and (3) a review of selected tests and measures categorized according to the model described.
Campbell
S K
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University of Illinois at Chicago 60612-7251, USA.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology