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Table 3 GMFCS-levels in relation to CP subtypes

From: Cerebral palsy in a total population of 4–11 year olds in southern Sweden. Prevalence and distribution according to different CP classification systems

SCPE

SC

GMFCS I

GMFCS II

GMFCS III

GMFCS IV

GMFCS V

Unilateral spastic

Spastic hemiplegia

89

12

3

0

0

Bilateral spastic

Spastic tetraplegia

0

0

0

0

19

 

Spastic diplegia

54

26

27

18

5

Ataxic

Ataxic diplegia

1

9

4

0

0

 

Simple ataxia

13

19

2

0

0

Choreo-athetosis

Choreo-athetosis

8

4

0

6

1

Dystonia

Athetosis + dystonia

0

0

1

1

3

 

Dystonia

0

0

4

7

15

Nonclassifiable

Mixed

0

0

0

0

2

Total

 

165

60

41

32

45

  1. Number of children with different GMFCS-levels in relation to the CP subtypes, based on the Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy in Europe (SCPE) and the Swedish (SC) classification systems. Total population of children born 1990–1997 and resident in the counties of Skåne and Blekinge on Jan 1st 2002. Children born abroad and those with post-neonatal CP are included.