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Gross Motor Function Classification System, GMFCS-E & R (Palisano et al 1997, 2007). The illustrations are reprinted with permission from Bill Reid and Kerr Graham.
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... gross motor function can be classified by the use of the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) ( Palisano et al., 1997). The classification is divided into five levels, spanning from children in level I who walk without restrictions to children in level V who have severely limited self-mobility ( Figure 2). To accommodate the changing abilities at different ages, the system describes gross motor function for five age intervals: less than 2 years, 2 to 4 years, 4 to 6 years, 6 to12 years, and recently the interval 12 to 18 years was described and included in the expanded and revised version (GMFCS -E & R) ( Palisano et al., 2008). ...
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... development of the gross motor function can however to some extent be predicted through the gross motor function curves ). Repeated measures with GMFM served as a base to build the GMFCS ( Palisano et al., 1997;Palisano et al., 2008) (Figure 2) as well as the gross motor growth curves. The gross motor growth curves serve an important purpose as they allow realistic expectations and thus can form a basis for goal-setting in therapy. ...
