2009
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2009000600018
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Abstract: -The goal of this study was to assess the relation between gender, age, motor type, topography and gross motor function, based on the Gross Motor Function System of children with cerebral palsy. Trunk control, postural changes and gait of one hundred children between 5 months and 12 years old, were evaluated. There were no significant differences between gender and age groups (p=0.887) or between gender and motor type (p=0.731). In relation to body topography most children (88%) were spastic quadriplegic. Most… Show more

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“…A high proportion of cases in the lower GMFCS levels has been reported from other regions in Nigeria [9,2] , Brazil [24] and Japan [25] while a higher GMFCS levels have observed in population based studies from Holland [26], Australia [27], and Sweden [28]. The finding in our study, and in other studies with a similar outcome [9,21], could have been influenced by the tertiary health care setting in which the study was conducted.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 75%
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“…A high proportion of cases in the lower GMFCS levels has been reported from other regions in Nigeria [9,2] , Brazil [24] and Japan [25] while a higher GMFCS levels have observed in population based studies from Holland [26], Australia [27], and Sweden [28]. The finding in our study, and in other studies with a similar outcome [9,21], could have been influenced by the tertiary health care setting in which the study was conducted.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 75%
“…Studies on motor function using the GMFCS classification indicate a variable distribution among populations with cerebral palsy [9,21,[24][25][26][27][28]. A high proportion of cases in the lower GMFCS levels has been reported from other regions in Nigeria [9,2] , Brazil [24] and Japan [25] while a higher GMFCS levels have observed in population based studies from Holland [26], Australia [27], and Sweden [28].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Cerebral palsy (CP) can be defined as a range of disorders of the motor and postural development that cause functional limitations caused by non-progressive lesions arising in the developing fetal or infant brain [1,2].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…1,3 The main classification for motor function is accomplished using the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) that divides patients into five levels according to locomotion capacity. 4 However, most studies that consider the prevalence of vertebral deformity either predate the development of this classification system or do not take it into account.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%