Analysis of the correlation between three methods used in the assessment of children with cerebral palsy

Romei, Marianna and Galli, Manuela and Fazzi, Elisa and Maraucci, Ilaria and Schwartz, Michael and Uggetti, Carla and Crivellini, Marcello (2007) Analysis of the correlation between three methods used in the assessment of children with cerebral palsy. Functional Neurology; New Trends in Interventional Neurosciences, 22 (1). pp. 17-21. ISSN 1971-3274

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Abstract

The primary aim of this study was to assess the correlations between gait analysis, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) scores in children with cerebral palsy (CP). These common diagnostic tools were used to evaluate 21 children affected by CP (mean age: 6 years, range: 5-13 years; 8 females and 13 males; 5 left hemiplegics, 4 right hemiplegics, 12 diplegics). In particular, in order to compare gait analysis data with other diagnostic evaluations, the Normalcy Index (NI) was used. The results showed a good correlation between the NI and the results of MRI, and between NI and the GMFM score (r=-0.76). Therefore, this investigation demonstrated that there exists a strong relationship between gait analysis and other clinical evaluation tools

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Cerebral palsy, gait analysis, Gross Motor Function Measure, magnetic resonance imaging
Subjects:	600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) > 616.8 Malattie del sistema nervoso e disturbi mentali (Classificare qui la Neuropsichiatria, la Neurologia)
Depositing User:	Danilo Dezzi
Date Deposited:	25 Mar 2012 07:39
Last Modified:	25 Mar 2012 07:39
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/3708

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