title: Accessibility and perceived clinical utility of the GMFM-66: evaluating therapists' judgements of a computer-based scoring program.
abstract: The 66-item Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM-66) requires a computer program for scoring. The primary purpose of this study was to pilot test the scoring software and examine the perceived clinical utility of the GMFM-66 as judged by 48 pediatric physical therapists. Sixty-one percent of therapists were confident in their ability to interpret the information from the computer program following one hour spent reading the tutorial and interpretation guidelines. Ninety-three percent of respondents perceived the overall clinical utility of the GMFM-66 in terms of administration, scoring and interpretation to be the same or more clinically useful than the GMFM-88.
authors.affiliation: School of Rehabilitation Science, CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, Room 408, Institute for Applied Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8S 1C7.
authors.forename: Dianne J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: Karen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: Peter L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Rosenbaum
mesh_terms: D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000145:classification* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000145:classification*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D026761:Physical Therapy Specialty / Q000193:education*