Acquisition and loss of best walking skills in children and young people with bilateral cerebral palsy.
Gillian BairdSusie ChandlerAdam Peter ShortlandElspeth WillEmily SimonoffDavid ScruttonCharlie FairhurstPublished in: Developmental medicine and child neurology (2021)
In this study, development of musculoskeletal deformity was a significant factor in not maintaining best achieved walking by mean age 16 years, which is most likely to occur in young people whose walking ability is with aids over short distances or in therapy only. Prediction of future walking ability in a child with bilateral CP can be made from early motor milestones.