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Type of Article:  Original Research

Volume 7; Issue 6 (December 2019)

Page No.: 3281-3286

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijpr.2019.180

GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (GMFCS) FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY

Mst. Rabea Begum *1, Mohammad Anwar Hossain 2, Shahnaj Sultana 3.

*1 MPT, MPH (NCD), Senior Clinical Physiotherapist, Physiotherapy Department, Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP), Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

2 MPT, Associate Professor and Head of Physiotherapy Department, CRP, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

3 MPT, Assistant Head of Program, CRP, Bangladesh.

Corresponding author: Mst. Rabea Begum, MPT, MPH (NCD), Senior Clinical Physiotherapist, Physiotherapy Department, Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP), Savar, Dhaka-1343, Bangladesh, Contact No: +8801675793257. E-Mail: physio_miilee@yahoo.com, drrabea3@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Objectives: The objectives were to find out the sociodemographic characteristics, comorbidities, types of CP, level of GMFCS and to determine the association between GMFCS with age, gender, types of CP and topographic distribution among children with cerebral palsy.

Methods and Materials: A retrospectives study was done in children with cerebral palsy. Total 384 participants were included in this study. The study setting was Paediatric Department, Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP), Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The samples were collected through convenient sampling. The Chi-Square was used to find out the association between GMFCS with age, gender, types of CP and others.

Results: Males were affected than female among all participants. The majority participants came from rural area.  The children were more in 2 to 4-year age band in GMFCS. The majority participants (81%) had visual problem, 11% hearing and 31% had convulsion. The common levels were II and III. The age bands, topographic classification was associated with GMFCS (p<0.05) but gender and types of CP were not statistically associated (p>0.05).

Conclusion: The Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) has become an important tool to describe motor function in children with Cerebral Palsy (CP).

Key words: Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS), Cerebral Palsy.

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Cite this article: Mst. Rabea Begum, Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Shahnaj Sultana. GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (GMFCS) FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY. Int J Physiother Res 2019;7(6):3281-3286. DOI: 10.16965/ijpr.2019.180