Evaluation measures for children with cerebral palsy

Katja Groleger Sršen¹

Cerebral palsy is a well-recognized neurodevelopmental condition. The most recent definition describes cerebral palsy as a group of disorders of movement and posture, causing activity limitation. An important step in the process of (re)habilitation is evaluation of functional abilities of an individual. To be as accurate as possible in the evaluation of functioning, proper measurement instruments have to be used. There are many different measurement tools for children with cerebral palsy, several of them are presented in the article.

Keywords: Measurement instruments, child, cerebral palsy

Katja Groleger Sršen. Evaluation measures for children with cerebral palsy. Eastern J Med. 2012; 17(4): 156-165

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