Predictors of malnutrition in children with neurodisabilities; Reply

As the authors pointed out, previous studies had reported that one of the important risk factors of malnutrition in children with SMID was the greater severity of the underlying neurological disability. In the present study, motor and cognitive function of enrolled patients was evaluated by the “Yokochi classification”, which is motor and cognitive classification system in Japan. Most of the patients couldn’t ambulate, that is, gross motor classification system (GMFCS) was diagnosed as IV or V and couldn’t understand the language and communicate, that is, communication function cla ssification system (CFCS) was diagnosed as IV or V.
Source: Brain and Development - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Reply Source Type: research