Open AccessSocioeconomic Status Influences Functional Severity of Untreated Cerebral Palsy in Nepal: A Prospective Analysis and Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Drake G. LeBrun,
Bibek Banskota,
Ashok Kumar Banskota,
Tarun Rajbhandari,
Keith Baldwin,
David A. Spiegel
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000000476
Subject(s) - medicine , nepali , gross motor function classification system , socioeconomic status , interquartile range , cerebral palsy , cohort , cohort study , pediatrics , medline , rehabilitation , spastic diplegia , physical therapy , population , environmental health , surgery , art , literature , political science , law
Cerebral palsy (CP) comprises a heterogeneous group of disorders whose clinical manifestations and epidemiologic characteristics vary across socioeconomic and geographic contexts. The functional severity of untreated CP in low-income countries has been insufficiently studied; a better understanding of how these children present for care in resource-constrained environments is important because it will better characterize the natural history of CP, guide clinical decision-making, and aid in the prognostication of children with untreated CP.