title: Environmental settings and families' socioeconomic status influence mobility and the use of mobility devices by children with cerebral palsy.
abstract: Functional mobility of children with cerebral palsy (CP) is influenced by personal and environmental factors, serving as barriers and/or facilitators and impacting on children's strategies and functional outcome.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe typical mobility methods used by children with CP at home, school and community and to compare them across family's socioeconomic levels (SES).
  
  
  METHODS
  The Functional Mobility Scale was used to assess mobility of 113 children with CP of high and low SES at home, school, and community.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Differences in mobility methods of participants classified as Gross Motor Function Classification System levels II, III and IV were found between home and community. For levels III and IV, differences were also found between home and school. At home, participants from higher SES used wheelchairs more frequently while those from lower SES used floor mobility (crawling).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Environmental settings and families' socioeconomic status influence mobility and use of mobility devices by children with CP.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. valeriacury@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Valéria C R
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Cury
authors.forename: Priscilla R P
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Figueiredo
authors.forename: Marisa C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Mancini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000145:classification / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008124:Locomotion; D008297:Male; D051346:Mobility Limitation; D012656:Self-Help Devices / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric