What constitutes cerebral palsy in the twenty‐first century?

H Smithers‐Sheedy, N Badawi, E Blair… - … Medicine & Child …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Determining inclusion/exclusion criteria for cerebral palsy (CP) surveillance is
challenging. The aims of this paper were to (1) define inclusion/exclusion criteria that have …

An international survey of cerebral palsy registers and surveillance systems

S Goldsmith, S McIntyre… - … Medicine & Child …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To describe cerebral palsy (CP) surveillance programmes and identify similarities and
differences in governance and funding, aims and scope, definition, inclusion/exclusion …

Validity and reliability of the guidelines of the surveillance of cerebral palsy in Europe for the classification of cerebral palsy

M Gainsborough, G Surman, G Maestri… - … medicine & child …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The validity and reliability of the guidelines of the Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy in Europe
(SCPE) for the classification of cerebral palsy (CP) were tested by administering 10 written …

Cerebral palsy registries

C Cans, G Surman, V McManus, D Coghlan… - Seminars in pediatric …, 2004 - Elsevier
Cerebral palsy (CP) registers appear to be appropriate tools for answering questions
regarding the prevalence and characteristics of this common childhood disability. Registers …

The definition and classification of cerebral palsy: are we any further ahead in 2006?

P Rosenbaum - NeoReviews, 2006 - publications.aap.org
1. Discuss the new proposed definition of cerebral palsy (CP). 2. Delineate the age at which
the diagnosis of CP can be made. 3. Address the developmental disability aspects of CP. 4 …

Surveillance of cerebral palsy in Europe: a collaboration of cerebral palsy surveys and registers

C Cans - Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Although cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common cause of motor deficiency in young
children, it occurs in only 2 to 3 per 1000 live births. In order to monitor prevalence rates …

Completeness and correctness of cerebral palsy diagnoses in two health registers: implications for estimating prevalence

SJ Hollung, T Vik, R Wiik, IJ Bakken… - … Medicine & Child …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To assess completeness and correctness of cerebral palsy (CP) diagnoses in the
Cerebral Palsy Register of Norway (CPRN) and the Norwegian Patient Register (NPR), and …

Recommendations from the SCPE collaborative group for defining and classifying cerebral palsy

C Cans, H Dolk, MJ Platt, A Colver - … medicine and child …, 2007 - search.proquest.com
Methods: Agreeing on classification: During the first 3 years of the network, a subgroup of
professionals, comprising child neuro-paediatricians, child rehabilitation doctors, and …

Epidemiology of cerebral palsy

C Cans, J De-la-Cruz, MA Mermet - Paediatrics and child health, 2008 - Elsevier
Definition of cerebral palsy (CP) has become more precise in recent years and, even if CP
remains an umbrella term, a simple classification system for CP types has been proposed …

UKCP: a collaborative network of cerebral palsy registers in the United Kingdom

G Surman, S Bonellie, J Chalmers… - Journal of Public …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a relatively rare condition with enormous social and financial impact.
Information about CP is not routinely collected in the United Kingdom. We have pooled non …