Classification systems for children and adolescents with cerebral palsy: their use in clinical practice

Authors

  • Maria de las Mercedes Ruiz Brunner Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Clínicas y Epidemiológicas (INICyE). Córdoba, Argentina. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4022-6261
  • Johana Escobar Zuluaga Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Clínicas y Epidemiológicas (INICyE). Córdoba, Argentina. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3726-024X
  • María Elisabeth Cieri Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Clínicas y Epidemiológicas (INICyE). Córdoba, Argentina. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2889-4240
  • Carolina Ayllón Hospital Sor Maria Ludovica. Servicio de Medina Física y Rehabilitación. La Plata, Buenos Aires.
  • Eduardo Cuestas Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Cátedra de Clínica Pediátrica. Hospital Misericordia. Córdoba, Argentina. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9528-5747

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31053/1853.0605.v77.n3.28347

Keywords:

cerebral palsy, child, classification

Abstract

Introduction: Classification systems are internationally used tools to characterize the functions of children and young people with cerebral palsy (CP), for clinical and research use. The aim of this study was to characterize the different classification systems available and describe the usefulness of each of the classifications, describing their use in clinical practice.

Methods: an exhaustive bibliographic revision was performed using the Cochrane Database, MEDLINE, LILACS y Google Scholar databases. The search period was from 1997 to 2019 using key words. Classification systems were included that focused on functions and body structures, considered the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, were validated and in English and Spanish. The quality of the works was assessed according to the AGREE reporting checklist.

Results: Six classification systems were found for children with CP regarding their functions and body structures. Each of the systems focuses on a specific function or skill, which are: gross motor function, manual skills, communication functions, eating and drinking skills, MRIs, and visual functions.

Main conclusion: All systems have been validated, standardized and used internationally. They serve to more fully describe the functional levels and body structure of children with CP both at the clinical, population and research levels.

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Author Biographies

Maria de las Mercedes Ruiz Brunner, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Clínicas y Epidemiológicas (INICyE). Córdoba, Argentina.

Doctora en Ciencias de la Salud

Licenciada en Nutrición

Docente de la Escuela de Nutrición. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. UNC

Johana Escobar Zuluaga , Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Clínicas y Epidemiológicas (INICyE). Córdoba, Argentina.

Fisioterapeuta

María Elisabeth Cieri, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Clínicas y Epidemiológicas (INICyE). Córdoba, Argentina.

Licenciada en Nutrición

Docente de la Escuela de Nutrición. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. UNC

Docente de Nutrición. Universidad Católica de Córdoba

Carolina Ayllón, Hospital Sor Maria Ludovica. Servicio de Medina Física y Rehabilitación. La Plata, Buenos Aires.

Médica Especialista en Medicina Física y Rehabilitación

Jefa de Sala del Servicio de Medina Física y Rehabilitación del Hospital Sor Maria Ludovica de La Plata

Directora Médica de CRIA ( Centro de Rehabilitación infantil )

Eduardo Cuestas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Cátedra de Clínica Pediátrica. Hospital Misericordia. Córdoba, Argentina.

 Doctor y Profesor en la Cátedra de Clínica Pediátrica, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba.
Hospital Misericordia.
Córdoba, Argentina.

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2020-08-21

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Ruiz Brunner M de las M, Escobar Zuluaga J, Cieri ME, Ayllón C, Cuestas E. Classification systems for children and adolescents with cerebral palsy: their use in clinical practice. Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba [Internet]. 2020 Aug. 21 [cited 2024 Jul. 6];77(3):191-8. Available from: https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/med/article/view/28347

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