Comparison of the Gross Motor Function Measure and Paediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory in assessing motor function in children undergoing selective dorsal rhizotomy
(2000) In Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 42(4). p.245-252- Abstract
This study was designed to compare assessment with the functional outcome measures Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) and Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) over time, in children with cerebral palsy (CP) undergoing selective dorsal rhizotomy combined with individualised physiotherapeutic interventions. Using the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS), 18 children with spastic diplegia were divided into two groups according to age-related severity of motor function impairment. Data were collected preoperatively, and at 6 and la months postoperatively. Both instruments were sensitive to changes in function over time in the series as a whole and in the group with milder impairment, although the PEDI detected... (More)
This study was designed to compare assessment with the functional outcome measures Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) and Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) over time, in children with cerebral palsy (CP) undergoing selective dorsal rhizotomy combined with individualised physiotherapeutic interventions. Using the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS), 18 children with spastic diplegia were divided into two groups according to age-related severity of motor function impairment. Data were collected preoperatively, and at 6 and la months postoperatively. Both instruments were sensitive to changes in function over time in the series as a whole and in the group with milder impairment, although the PEDI detected significant changes earlier. In the group with more severe impairment, changes in function were detected only with the PEDI, not with the GMFM. Thus, the instruments are to be considered complementary tests, because they measure different aspects of function.
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- author
- Nordmark, Eva LU ; Jarnlo, Gun Britt LU and Hägglund, Gunnar LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2000-01-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
- volume
- 42
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 8 pages
- publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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- pmid:10795563
- scopus:0034067592
- ISSN
- 0012-1622
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2000.tb00080.x
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 42fe6958-6af9-4516-a004-73ad9ab62116
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