Longitudinal reference centiles for the Gross Motor Function Measure-66 in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To establish novel longitudinal reference values for the Gross Motor Function Measure-66 (GMFM-66) in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy aged 3 to 18 years, to enable more accurate assessments of changes in motor function.

Method

This was a single-centre retrospective analysis of patients who participated in a rehabilitation programme between January 2006 and March 2022. The GMFM-66 was used to measure gross motor function. Paired GMFM-66 measurements from the follow-up phase of the rehabilitation programme were used to establish a reference centile for the change in GMFM-66 over a 6-month period using the lambda-mu-sigma method.

Results

Reference centiles for GMFM-66 changes (over a 6-month period; ±1 month) were created using 1190 longitudinal data pai

SUBMITTER: Duran I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12766559 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature