title: Examination of the child with cerebral palsy.
abstract: This article describes the balanced combination of medical history, detailed physical examination, functional assessment, imaging, observational gait analysis, computerized gait analysis, and assessment of patient and family goals that are necessary to prepare treatment plans and accurately assess outcomes of treatment of children with cerebral palsy.
authors.affiliation: James R Gage Center for Gait and Motion Analysis, Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, St Paul, MN 55101, USA. novac001@umn.edu
authors.forename: Tom F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Novacheck
authors.forename: Joyce P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Trost
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sohrweide
mesh_terms: D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods*; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results