Research Articles on Outcome Measures
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Gorter, J.W., Noorduyn, S., Obeid, J., & Timmons, B. (2012). Accelerometry: a feasible method to quantify physical activity in ambulatory and nonambulatory adolescents with cerebral palsy. International Journal of Pediatrics, 329284.
Hidecker, M., Ho, N., Dodge, N., Hurvitz, E., Slaughter, J., Workinger, M., Kent, R., Rosenbaum, P., Lenski, M., Messaros, B., Vanderbeek, S., Deroos, S., & Paneth, N. (2012). Inter-relationships of functional status in cerebral palsy: analyzing gross motor function, manual ability, and communication function classification systems in children. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 54(8), 737-42.
Hidecker, M., Paneth, N., Rosenbaum, P., Kent, R., Lillie, J., Eulenberg, J., Chester, K Jr., Johnson, B., Michalsen, L., Poole, M., & Taylor, K. (2011). Developing and validating the Communication Function Classification System (CFCS) for individuals with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 53(8), 704-710.
Law, M., Darrah, J., Pollock, N., Wilson, B., Russell, D., Walter, S.D., et al. (2011). Focus on function: A cluster, randomized controlled trial comparing child- versus context-focused intervention for young children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 53(7), 621-629.
Martin, A., Cotie, L., Timmons, B., Gorter, J.W., & Macdonald, M. (2012). Arterial structure and function in ambulatory adolescents with cerebral palsy are not different from healthy controls. International Journal of Pediatrics, 168209.
Wright, V., Majnemer, A., Maltais, D. B., Burtner, P. A., & Sanders, H. (2013). Motor measures: a moving target? Seminars in Pediatric Neurology, 20(2), 84-99.
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Bartlett, D. (2013). The use of the Spinal Alignment and Range of Motion Measure with children and young people with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 55(8), 685-6.
Bedell, G., & McDougall, J. (2013). The Child and Adolescent Scale of Environment (CASE): Further validation with youth who have chronic conditions. Developmental Neurorehabilitation.
Chiarello, L., Palisano, R., Bartlett, D., & McCoy, S. (2011). A multivariate model of determinants of change in gross-motor abilities and engagement in self-care and play of young children with cerebral palsy. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 31(2), 150-168.
Darrah, J., Wiart, L., Gorter, J.W., & Law, M. (2014). Stability of serial range-of-motion measurements of the lower extremities in children with cerebral palsy: can we do better? Physical Therapy, 94(7), 987-95.
Elizabeth Randall, K., Bartlett, D.J., & McCoy, S.W. (2014). Measuring postural stability in young children with cerebral palsy: a comparison of 2 instruments. Pediatric Physical Therapy, 26(3), 332-7.
Fehlings, D., Narayanan, U., Andersen, J., Beauchamp, R., Gorter, J.W., Kawamura, A., Kiefer, G., Mason, M., McCormick, A., Mesterman, R., Switzer, L., & Watt, J. (2012). Botulinum toxin-A use in paediatric hypertonia: Canadian practice patterns. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, 39(4), 508-15.
Fehlings, D., Switzer, L., Agarwal, P., Wong, C., Sochett, E., Stevenson, R., Sonnenberg, L., Smile, S., Young, E., Huber, J., Milo-Manson, G., Kuwaik, G., & Gaebler, D. (2012). Informing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for children with cerebral palsy at risk of osteoporosis: a systematic review. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 54(2), 106-16.
Gorter, J.W. (2011). The use of the Gross Motor Function Classification System in cerebral palsy registers: quo vadis? Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 53(11), 973-974.
Gorter, J.W., Ketelaar, M., Rosenbaum, P., Helders, J., & Palisano, R. (2009). Use of the GMFCS in infants with CP: The need for reclassification at age 2 years or older. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 51(1), 46-52.
Gray, L., Ng, H., & Bartlett, D. (2010). The gross motor function classification system: An update on impact and clinical utility. Pediatric Physical Therapy, 22(3), 315-320.
Harvey, A. (2010). Commentary on "Stability of parent reported manual ability and gross motor function classification of cerebral palsy". Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 52(2), 114.
Harvey, A., Graham, H., Morris, M., & Baker, R. (2009). Responsiveness of the Functional Mobility Scale for children with cerebral palsy. Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, 12(2), 51-58.
Harvey, A., Randall, M, Reid, S., Lee, K., Imms, C., Rodda, J., Eldridge, B., Orsini, F & Reddihough, D. (2013). Children with cerebral palsy and periventricular white matter injury: does gestational age affect functional outcome? Research in Developmental Disabilties, 34(9), 2500-6.
Harvey, A., Rosenbaum, P., Graham, H., & Palisano, R. (2009). Current and future uses of the Gross Motor Function Classification System. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 51(4), 328-329.
Jewell, A., Stokes, A., & Bartlett, D. (2011). Correspondence of classifications between parents of children with cerebral palsy aged 2 to 6 years and therapists using the gross motor function classification system. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 53(4), 334-337.
Kawamura, A., Klejman, S., & Fehlings, D. (2012). Reliability and validity of the kinematic dystonia measure for children with upper extremity dystonia. Journal of Child Neurology, 27(7), 907-13.
Knights, S., Datoo, N., Kawamura, A., Switzer, L., & Fehlings, D. (2013). Further evaluation of the scoring, reliability, and validity of the Hypertonia Assessment Tool (HAT). Journal of Child Neurology. Advance online publication.
Majnemer, A., Shikako-Thomas, K., Shevell, M., Poulin, C., Lach, L., Law, M., - QUALA Group. (2013). The relationship between manual ability and ambulation in adolescents with cerebral palsy. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 33(2), 243-252.
McCoy, S., Bartlett, D., Yocum, A., Jeffries, L., Fiss, A., Chairello, L., & Palisano, R. (2014). Development and validity of the early clinical assessment of balance for young children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 17(6), 375-83.
Meester-Delver, A., Beelen, A., Ketelaar, M., Hadders-Algra, M., Nollet, F., & Gorter, J.W. (2009). Construct validity of the Capacity Profile in preschool children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 51(6), 446-453.
Morgan, C., Novak, I., Dale, R., & Badawi, N. (2015). Optimising Motor Learning in Infants at High Risk of Cerebral Palsy: A Pilot Study. BMC Pediatrics, 15(1), 30.
Plasschaert, V., Ketelaar, M., Nijnuis, M., Enkelaar, L., & Gorter, J.W. (2009). Classification of manual abilities in children with cerebral palsy under 5 years of age: how reliable is the Manual Ability Classification System? Clinical Rehabilitation, 23(2), 164-70.
Pollock, N., Sharma, N., Christenson, C., Law, M., Gorter, J.W., & Darrah, J. (2013). Change in parent-identified goals in young children with cerebral palsy receiving a context-focused intervention: associations with child, goal and intervention factors. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics. Advance online publication.
Randall, K., Bartlett, D., & McCoy, S. (2014). Measuring postural stability in young children with cerebral palsy: a comparison of 2 instruments. Pediatric Physical Therapy, 26(3), 332-7.
Rosenbaum, P. (2011). Functional assessments in the future of NBPP. Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, 4(2), 103-105.
Russell, D., Avery, L., Walter, S. D., Hanna, S., Bartlett, D. J., Rosenbaum, P., Palisano, R., & Gorter, J.W. (2010). Development and validation of item sets to improve efficiency of administration of the 66-item gross motor function measure in children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 52(2), e48-54.
Schiariti, V., Klassen, A. F., Cieza, A., Sauve, K., O'Donnell, M., Armstrong, R., & Mâsse, L. C. (2013). Comparing contents of outcome measures in cerebral palsy using the international classification of functioning (ICF-CY): A systematic review. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology: EJPN: Official Journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society.
Schiariti, V., Mâsse, L., Cieza, A., Klassen, A., Sauve, K., Armstrong, R., & O'Donnell, M. (2013). Toward the development of the International Classification of Functioning Core Sets for children with cerebral palsy: a global expert survey. Journal of Child Neurology. Advance online publication.
Sellers, D., Mandy, A., Pennington L., Hankins M., & Morris C. (2013). Development and reliability of a system to classify the eating and drinking ability of people with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 56(3):245-51.
Sellers, D., Pennington, L., Mandy, A., & Morris, C. (2013). A systematic review of ordinal scales used to classify the eating and drinking abilities of individuals with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology.
Smits, D., van Groenestijn, A., Ketelaar, M., Scholtes, V., Becher, J., & Gorter, J. W. (2010). Selective motor control of the lower extremities in children with cerebral palsy: Inter-rater reliability of two tests. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 13(4), 258-265.
Steenbeek, D., Gorter, J.W., Ketelaar, M., Galama, C., & Lindeman, E. (2011). Responsiveness of Goal Attainment Scaling in comparison to two standardized measures in outcome evaluation of children with cerebral palsy. Clinical Rehabilitation, 25(12), 1128-39.
Steenbeek, D., Ketelaar, M., Lindeman, E., Galama, K., & Gorter, J. W. (2010). Interrater reliability of goal attainment scaling in rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 91(3), 429-435.
Verschuren, O., Bongers, B., Obeid, J., Ruyten, T., & Takken, T. (2013). Validity of the muscle power sprint test in ambulatory youth with cerebral palsy. Pediatric Physical Therapy, 25(1), 25-28.
Verschuren, O., Maltais, D., Douma-van Riet, D., Kruitwagen, C., & Ketelaar, M. (2013). Anaerobic performance in children with cerebral palsy compared to children with typical development. Pediatric Physical Therapy. Advance online publication.
Verschuren, O., Zwinkels, M., Ketelaar, M., Reijnders-van Son, F., & Takken, T. (2013). Reproducibility and validity of the 10-meter shuttle ride test in wheelchair-using children and adolescents with cerebral palsy. Physical Therapy. Advance online publication.
Verschuren, O., Zwinkels, M., Obeid, J., Kerkhof, N., Ketelaar, M., & Takken, T. (2013). Reliability and validity of short-term performance tests for wheelchair-using children and adolescents with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 55(12), 1129-35.
Westcott McCoy, S., Yocum, A., Bartlett, D., Mendoza, J., Jeffries, L., Chiarello, L., & Palisano, R. (2012). Development of the Early Activity Scale for Endurance for children with cerebral palsy. Pediatric Physical Therapy, 24(3), 232-40.
Wilson, A., Kavanaugh, A., Moher, R., McInroy, M., Gupta, N., Salbach, N. M., & Wright, V. (2011). Development and pilot testing of the challenge module: A proposed adjunct to the gross motor function measure for high-functioning children with cerebral palsy. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 31(2), 135-149.
Wright, V., Rosenbaum, P., Fehlings, D., Mesterman, R., Breuer, U., & Kim, M. (2014). The Quality Function Measure: reliability and discriminant validity of a new measure of quality of gross motor movement in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 56(8), 770-8.