Development of disorder-specific normative data for growth in children with cerebral palsy

Conclusion: In conclusion, children with cerebral palsy are smaller than healthy children. The difference between 50th percentile of CP patients compared to healthy children supports the need for the use of disorder-specific growth charts. Those charts can help clinicians differentiate growth disorders in patients with CP.What is Known:•Children with cerebral palsy are shorter than healthy children and height is influenced by level of ambulation.• Currently, only reference percentiles of American children with mixed ethical backgrounds are available to evaluate growth.What is New:• This paper presents disorder-specific reference percentiles for longitudinal growth of Caucasian children with cerebral palsy depending on motor function.• These percentiles allow to asses longitudinal growth in children with cerebral palsy to detect other additional diseases impairing growth.
Source: European Journal of Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research