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Proposed definition and classification of cerebral palsy, April 2005.

CPQCC Publication
TitleProposed definition and classification of cerebral palsy, April 2005.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2005
AuthorsBax M, Goldstein M, Rosenbaum P, Leviton A, Paneth N, Dan B, Jacobsson B, Damiano D
Corporate AuthorsExecutive Committee for the Definition of Cerebral Palsy
JournalDev Med Child Neurol
Volume47
Issue8
Pagination571-6
Date Published2005 Aug
ISSN0012-1622
KeywordsCerebral Palsy, Child, Humans, Terminology as Topic
Abstract

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.

Alternate JournalDev Med Child Neurol
PubMed ID16108461