Table 1 Demographic & clinical characteristics of children with cerebral palsy (n = 110)
From: Profile of children with cerebral palsy at a tertiary hospital in eastern Nepal
Characteristic | No. (%) or Median (IQR) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
M/F | 82/28 (74.54/25.46) |
Age | |
≤ 5 years | 84 (76.36) |
6–10 years | 17 (15.45) |
11–15 years | 9 (8.18) |
Median age | 3(2.00–4.75) |
Physiological classification | |
Spastic | 63 (57.27) |
Dyskinetic | 17 (15.45) |
Ataxic | 4 (3.63) |
Mixed | 26 (23.63) |
Topographical classification | |
Quadriplegia | 28 (44.44) |
Diplegia | 22 (34.92) |
Hemiplegia | 12 (19.04) |
Monoplegia | 1 (1.58) |
aGMFCS classification | |
GMFCS I | 3 (2.72) |
GMFCS II | 21 (19.09) |
GMFCS III | 46 (41.81) |
GMFCS IV | 31 (28.18) |
GMFCS V | 9 (8.18) |