This paper describes the development and reliability testing of the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) for children with cerebral palsy — a five-level ordinal scale built through a four-phase process: literature review and data examination, nominal group consensus, international Delphi survey, and interrater reliability testing across five centres.
This paper describes the development and reliability testing of the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) for children with cerebral palsy — a five-level ordinal scale built through a four-phase process: literature review and data examination, nominal group consensus, international Delphi survey, and interrater reliability testing across five centres.