Journal article
Reproducibility of an instrumented measure for passive ankle dorsiflexion in conscious and anaesthetized children with cerebral palsy
T Hastings-Ison, C Blackburn, NL Opie, HK Graham, B Rawicki, R Wolfe, P Simpson, R Baker
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology | WILEY | Published : 2014
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12276
Abstract
Aim: The aims of this study were to (1) determine whether an instrumented measure will reduce measurement error to less than 5° in children with cerebral palsy (CP), (2) determine agreement and reliability of this instrumented measure in both conscious and anaesthetized participants, and (3) compare the method with previously reported measures. Method: Thirty-four ambulant children (15 males, 19 females), aged 3 to 9 years, with spastic CP were studied in a tertiary-care paediatric hospital (21 with hemiplegia, 11 with diplegia, and two with quadriplegia). The majority of children functioned at Gross Motor Function Classification System level I (n=11) or II (n=18), with five children at leve..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors acknowledge the contribution from the children and families involved, the theatre and neuromuscular clinic staff at both The Royal Children's Hospital and the Monash Children's Hospital, and staff support from the Hugh Williamson Gait Analysis Laboratory, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne. The study was funded using an unrestricted research grant from Allergan Pharmaceutical Company.