Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 6 , Pages 994-1003 , June 2009

Functional Status of Patients With Cerebral Palsy According to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Model: A 20-Year Follow-Up Study After Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy

Presented in part at the European Academy of Childhood and Disability, June 14–16, 2007, Groningen, The Netherlands.

  • Nelleke G. Langerak, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Western Cape, South Africa
    • ,
  • Robert P. Lamberts, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Western Cape, South Africa
    • ,
  • A. Graham Fieggen, FCS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Red Cross Children's War Memorial Hospital, Rondebosch, Western Cape, South Africa
    • ,
  • Jonathan C. Peter, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Red Cross Children's War Memorial Hospital, Rondebosch, Western Cape, South Africa
    • ,
  • Warwick J. Peacock, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • Christopher L. Vaughan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Western Cape, South Africa
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Christopher L. Vaughan, PhD, MRC/UCT Medical Imaging Research Unit, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Western Cape 7925, South Africa

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 Supported by the Science Foundation Ireland, the South African Medical Research Council, and the University of Cape Town. The study protocol was approved by the University of Cape Town's Human Ethics Committee (REC REF 139/2005). We also acknowledge the financial support of the South African Medical Research Council.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which authors are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.11.019

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 6 , Pages 994-1003 , June 2009

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