Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bax, Martin
• Goldstein, Murray
• Rosenbaum, Peter
• Leviton, Alan
• Paneth, Nigel
• Dan, Bernard
• Jacobsson, Bo
• Damiano, Diane

Titel

Proposed definition and classification of cerebral palsy, April 2005

Ist Teil von

• Developmental medicine and child neurology, 2005-08, Vol.47 (8), p.571-576

Ort / Verlag

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2005

Quelle

Wiley-Blackwell Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Because of the availability of new knowledge about the neurobiology of developmental brain injury, information that epidemiology and modern brain imaging is providing, the availability of more precise measuring instruments of patient performance, and the increase in studies evaluating the efficacy of therapy for the consequences of injury, the need for reconsideration of the definition and classification of cerebral palsy (CP) has become evident. Pertinent material was reviewed at an international symposium participated in by selected leaders in the preclinical and clinical sciences. Suggestions were made about the content of a revised definition and classification of CP that would meet the needs of clinicians, investigators, and health officials, and provide a common language for improved communication. With leadership and direction from an Executive Committee, panels utilized this information and have generated a revised Definition and Classification of Cerebral Palsy. The Executive Committee presents this revision and welcomes substantive comments about it.