title: Exploring the relationship of family goals and scores on standardized measures in children with cerebral palsy, using the ICF-CY.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the relationships of family selected goals and scores on standardized measures using the ICF-CY as a classification system.
  
  
  METHODS
  Goal attainment scaling (GAS)-goals (n = 110) of 22 children, 11 girls, 1-6 years, bilateral or unilateral cerebral palsy, GMFCS I-IV and MACS I-IV were linked to the ICF-CY. The children had participated in goal-directed therapy during 12 weeks. GAS-goals, baseline assessments and change scores from PEDI and GMFM-66 were used to explore the relationships.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All GAS-goals were classified in the Activity and Participation domain within ICF-CY. The number of GAS-goals correlated to baseline scores in PEDI and GMFM-66. The change scores in PEDI and GMFM-66 correlated to goal attainment in the Mobility and the Self-Care chapter.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The family goals were reflected in standardized measures. The combined use of standardized and individual measures offers a possibility to explore the focus in therapy and the impact in children with cerebral palsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Women's & Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. kristina.lowing@ki.se
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Löwing
authors.forename: Elisa G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Hamer
authors.forename: Annemarie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bexelius
authors.forename: Eva Brogren
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Carlberg
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities