Gross Motor Function Classification System
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title:
Gross Motor Function Classification System
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The Gross Motor Function Classification System or GMFCS is a 5 level clinical classification system that describes the gross motor function of people with cerebral palsy on the basis of self-initiated movement abilities. Particular emphasis in creating and maintaining the GMFCS scale rests on evaluating sitting, walking, and wheeled mobility. Distinctions between levels are based on functional abilities; the need for walkers, crutches, wheelchairs, or canes / walking sticks; and to a much lesser
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Cerebral palsy classification system
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_Motor_Function_Classification_System
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2023-08-22T12:21:15Z
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