GMFM (GMFM-66 & GMFM-88) User's Manual, 2nd edition.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Condon, Dianne Russell.

Contributor:

Rosenbaum, Peter L.

Wright, Marilyn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine.

Motor ability in children.

Motor skills--Child.

Local Subjects:

Medicine.

Motor ability in children.

Motor skills--Child.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

: Mac Keith Press, 2014.

Summary:

What is the GMFM? The Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) is a clinical measure designed and validated to evaluate changes in the gross motor function in children with cerebral palsy (CP). There are two versions of the GMFM: the original 88-item measure (GMFM-88) and the 66-item measure (GMFM-66). These items are administered in the same way-the difference between the two versions simply concerns which of the items (from the full pool of 88 possible items) are included in GMFM-66. There are three methods of administering the GMFM to obtain a GMFM-66 score. All three methods require

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

AUTHORS' APPOINTMENTS

CONTRIBUTORS

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO THEFIRST EDITION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO THE SECOND EDITION

DISCLAIMER

1 OVERVIEW OF THE GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION MEASURE (GMFM)

What is the GMFM?

Which version of the GMFM should I use?

How is the GMFM administered?

Who is the GMFM appropriate for?

How is the GMFM scored?

How long does it take?

Where should it be administered?

What equipment is needed to administer the GMFM?

What qualifications are required to administer and score the GMFM?

2 CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND

Cerebral palsy

Measuring gross motor function

Summary

3 DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATIONOF THE GMFM-88

Test construction

Validity of the GMFM

Face validity

Validation of responsiveness

Additional evidence of responsiveness

Clinical characteristics of stable and responsive groups

Determining a clinically important change

Reliability

Expanding the 85-item GMFM to GMFM-88

4 DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATIONOF THE GMFM-66

Rationale for applying Rasch analysis to the GMFM-88

Objectives of Rasch analysis of the GMFM-88

Background to Rasch analysis and item response theory

Determining item difficulty and child ability

Goodness-of-fit statistics

Available Rasch models

Assumptions of the Rasch model

Application of Rasch analysis to the GMFM

Method of scoring

Reliability of the GMFM-66

Validity of the GMFM-66

Current perspectives on the GMFM-66

5 GMFM-66: TWO SHORT FORMSOF ADMINISTRATION

Rationale for developing alternative scoring methods

A: Item set approach (GMFM-66-IS)

B: Basal-ceiling approach (GMFM-66-B&amp

C)

Validation of the abbreviated measures

Comparison of the abbreviated measures.

Recommendations for use

Limitations of the comparative study

Further work

6 PART 1: ADMINISTRATION AND SCORING GUIDELINES FORGMFM-88 AND GMFM-66

Introduction

Overview

Examiner qualifications

Time required

General administration guidelines

Factors that may interfere with the validity of the scores

Specific scoring administration guidelines for children with CP

Administering and scoring the GMFM-88 with children with Down syndrome

6 PART 2: GMFM-88 AND GMFM-66ITEM SCORING GUIDELINES

LYING AND ROLLING

SITTING

CRAWLING AND KNEELING

STANDING

WALKING, RUNNING AND JUMPING

7 INTERPRETATION AND USES OF THE GMFM-88 AND GMFM-66

Colleen

How to decide whether to use the GMFM-88 or the GMFM-66

Administering and scoring the GMFM-88

Interpreting scores from the GMFM-88

Administering and scoring the GMFM-66

Interpreting GMFM-66 scores

Item map by difficulty order

Item map by item order

Contrasting the GMFM-88 and GMFM-66 scores

How many items need to be tested?

If I am limited in the number of items I have time to administer, how do I know which ones to choose?

8 APPLICATIONS OF THE GMFM: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED AND WHERE CAN WE GO NEXT?

Patterns of gross motor development

Step 1: The need for a valid system to classify 'severity' of cerebral palsy: Development of the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS)

Step 1a: Extension of the GMFCS to adolescents: Creation of GMFCS E&amp

R

GMFCS analogues

Step 2: Creation of an Interval Measure: The GMFM-66

Step 3: Tracking gross motor development prospectively

Step 4: The lives of adolescents with cerebral palsy

Step 5: Recent GMFM measurement development work

Step 6: Current measurement development work

Potentially productive future directions

REFERENCES

GLOSSARY OF TERMS.

APPENDIX 1

APPENDIX 2

APPENDIX 3

APPENDIX 4

APPENDIX 5

APPENDIX 6

APPENDIX 7

APPENDIX 8

APPENDIX 9

APPENDIX 10

APPENDIX 11

APPENDIX 12

APPENDIX 13

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-908316-89-6

OCLC:

910446928