《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2019, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (8): 922-929.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2019.08.008

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Advance in Trunk Control Measurement Scale for Patients with Cerebral Palsy (review)

TAN Zhu-jiang, ZHANG Dan-ting, ZHAO Qiu-xu, CAO Jian-guo   

  1. Department of Rehabilitation, Children's Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518038, China
  • Received:2018-08-14 Revised:2019-01-31 Published:2019-08-25 Online:2019-08-16
  • Contact: CAO Jian-guo, E-mail: caojgsz@126.com
  • Supported by:
    Supported by Shenzhen Comprehensive Services Application for the Disabled (No. JB2017-16-2)

Abstract: Complex physical activity is a prerequisite for the completion of advanced sports skills, while trunk control is a prerequisite for complex physical activity. Cerebral palsy is often characterized by poor trunk control and poor balance response. An accurate measurement for trunk control function of patients is of great guiding significance for clinical treatment. Trunk Control Measurement Scale (TCMS) is applied to children with neuromotor dysfunction aged five years and above. TCMS has high reliability and validity, and high test-retest reliability and inter-rater reliability in evaluating spastic cerebral palsy, and it is a reliable, effective and appropriate measurement tool in evaluating the trunk control ability. It can combine with other functional scales to provide more valuable information for the function of patients with cerebral palsy because of its high correlation with other types of scales.

Key words: cerebral palsy, trunk control, Trunk Control Measurement Scale, review

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