Evaluating motor function in children with Down syndrome: validity of the GMFM
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Evaluating motor function in children with Down syndrome: validity of the GMFM.
The Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) was developed and validated originally by Russell and colleagues as an evaluative assessment of gross motor function in children with cerebral palsy (CP). The present study reports the results of reliability and validity testing of the GMFM for use with children with Down syndrome (DS). One hundred and twenty-three children with DS were assessed twice ove...
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عنوان ژورنال: Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0012-1622,1469-8749
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb12330.x