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Research article

Effectiveness of physical therapy interventions for children with cerebral palsy: A systematic review

Heidi Anttila¹ , Ilona Autti-Rämö¹^,2^,3 , Jutta Suoranta⁴ , Marjukka Mäkelä¹^,5 and Antti Malmivaara¹

¹Finnish Office for Health Technology Assessment (FinOHTA), at the National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES), PO Box 220, FIN-00531 Helsinki, Finland

²The Social Insurance Institute, PO Box 450, 00101 Helsinki, Finland

³Hospital of Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, PO Box 280, 00029 HUS, Finland

⁴Tampere School of Public Health, 33014 University of Tampere, Finland

⁵Department of General Practice, University of Copenhagen, PO Box 2099, 1014 Copenhagen K, Denmark

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BMC Pediatrics 2008, 8:14doi:10.1186/1471-2431-8-14


Published:	24 April 2008

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Methodological quality of the trials. The four items in italics were considered to constitute "high quality".

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Patient and intervention characteristics.

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Effectiveness of physical therapy interventions by the ICF components. Outcomes with moderate evidence are in bold.

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