The Gait Pattern Classification System for Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy (GaP-CP)-A Validity Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In order to classify the gait of children with spastic cerebral palsy (sCP), the "gait pattern classification system for children with sCP" (GaP-CP) has been developed, based on a systematic review and complemented by an additional class of "mild deviations". The objective of the current study was to examine the content and construct validity of the GaP-CP.

Methods

Statistical non-parametric comparisons identified the differences between the kinematics (N = 270) and kinetics (N = 208) of children with sCP and children with typically developing gait (N = 56) (content validity-aim 1), and between neighboring patterns (construct validity-aim 2a). Pattern-specific clinical phenotypes were explored based on the differences between all gait patterns (Kruskal-Wallis comp

SUBMITTER: Papageorgiou E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11941407 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature