title: The ICF-CY perspective on the neurorehabilitation of cerebral palsy: a single case study.
abstract: Starting from the case of a 12-year-old boy with dyskinetic (athetoid-dystonic subtype) cerebral palsy, the authors apply the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health for Children and Youth (ICF-CY) of the World Health Organization (WHO) as a comprehensive documentation tool to guide the pathway of care and illustrate a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary neurorehabilitation team approach. The ICF-CY provides a common and universal language for describing and measuring health and disability in the first 2 decades of life. Despite the fact that this is a single case design, the authors consider it useful for the identification of an ICF-CY core set for the description of children with cerebral palsy. The results of this single case study are preliminary and need to be tested in a large trial of children with cerebral palsy.
authors.affiliation: Scientific Institute-I.R.C.C.S. E. Medea-Unit of Neurorehabilitation I (Developmental Neurology and Functional Rehabilitation), Ostuni, (Brindisi), Italy. antonio.trabacca@os.lnf.it
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trabacca
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: Luciana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Losito
authors.forename: Marta De
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Rinaldis
authors.forename: Grazia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moro
authors.forename: Marilena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cacudi
authors.forename: Leonarda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gennaro
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team; D014944:World Health Organization