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Question: Among children with spastic cerebral palsy who have received selective dorsal rhizotomy, what are their long-term gross motor function, muscle tone, and independence in performing activities of daily living?
Question type: Intervention
Study design: Cohort
Investigators from multiple centers assessed the longterm functional benefit of selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) surgery in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP). They included children who underwent preoperative evaluation for SDR at McGill University between 1991 and 2001 and who were evaluated at 1, 5, 10, and 15 years after SDR with quantitative, standardized assessments of lower-limb spasticity (Ashworth Scale scores of hip adduction, ankle dorsiflexion, hamstrings), Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM), …
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