%0 Journal Article %1 Nordmark2001 %A Nordmark, E. %A H?gglund, G. %A Lagergren, J. %D 2001 %J Acta Paediatr %K Activities of Daily Living; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Child, Preschool; Dyskinesias; Female; Humans; Male; Motor Skills; Muscle Spasticity; Paralysis; Residence Characteristics; Risk Factors; Statistics, Nonparametric; Sweden %N 11 %P 1277--1282 %T Cerebral palsy in southern Sweden II. Gross motor function and disabilities. %V 90 %X The gross motor function and disabilities in children with cerebral palsy in southern Sweden were investigated and related to clinical features. The study covered the birth year period 1990-1993 and comprised 167 children, 145 of them born in Sweden and 22 born abroad. The clinical features and gross motor function were analysed at a mean age of 6.8 y. Clinical features were obtained from a continuing healthcare follow-up programme. Gross motor function was classified according to the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS). Walking independently was possible for 86\% of the hemiplegic, 63\% of the pure ataxic, 61\% of the diplegic and 21\% of the dyskinetic children. None of the tetraplegic children was able to walk. The classification of gross motor function revealed that 59\% of the children were categorized into levels I and II (mildly disabled), 14\% into level III (moderately disabled) and 27\% into levels IV and V (severely disabled). Children born abroad were more severely disabled. CONCLUSION: The standardized age-related classification system GMFCS enabled a specific description of gross motor function in relation to clinical features. Significant differences between GMFCS levels and subgroups of diagnosis, aetiology. intellectual capacity, epilepsy and visual impairment were found.

@article{Nordmark2001, abstract = {The gross motor function and disabilities in children with cerebral palsy in southern Sweden were investigated and related to clinical features. The study covered the birth year period 1990-1993 and comprised 167 children, 145 of them born in Sweden and 22 born abroad. The clinical features and gross motor function were analysed at a mean age of 6.8 y. Clinical features were obtained from a continuing healthcare follow-up programme. Gross motor function was classified according to the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS). Walking independently was possible for 86\% of the hemiplegic, 63\% of the pure ataxic, 61\% of the diplegic and 21\% of the dyskinetic children. None of the tetraplegic children was able to walk. The classification of gross motor function revealed that 59\% of the children were categorized into levels I and II (mildly disabled), 14\% into level III (moderately disabled) and 27\% into levels IV and V (severely disabled). Children born abroad were more severely disabled. CONCLUSION: The standardized age-related classification system GMFCS enabled a specific description of gross motor function in relation to clinical features. Significant differences between GMFCS levels and subgroups of diagnosis, aetiology. intellectual capacity, epilepsy and visual impairment were found.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T20:56:12.000+0200}, author = {Nordmark, E. and H?gglund, G. and Lagergren, J.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/24d92e8656ea185a5d348d211b19108d4/ar0berts}, groups = {public}, interhash = {c5d16c9b30318d126b8d61d4bc0f84f8}, intrahash = {4d92e8656ea185a5d348d211b19108d4}, journal = {Acta Paediatr}, keywords = {Activities of Daily Living; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Child, Preschool; Dyskinesias; Female; Humans; Male; Motor Skills; Muscle Spasticity; Paralysis; Residence Characteristics; Risk Factors; Statistics, Nonparametric; Sweden}, month = Nov, number = 11, pages = {1277--1282}, pmid = {11808899}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T20:56:12.000+0200}, title = {Cerebral palsy in southern Sweden II. Gross motor function and disabilities.}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = 90, year = 2001 }