The relationship between gross motor function classification system and risk factors in spastic cerebral palsy children

Objective:To investigate the relationship between gross motor function classification system(GMFCS) and risk factors in spastic cerebral palsy children.Method:The basic information and risk factors in 116 spastic cerebral palsy children were collected.GMFCS was used to define the classification for gross motor function.Step wise regression was used to analyse the relationship between GMFCS and risk factors.Result:Among the 116 cases of spastic cerebral palsy,70 cases(62.5%) were preterm(gestational age,GA37 weeks);60 cases(54.5%) had low birth weight(2500g);46 cases(39.7%) had asphyxia at birth;27 cases(23.3%) had infections during pregnancy;and 16 cases(13.8%) were twins.Preterm and low birth weight were the variables included by regression equation(P0.001).Conclusion:Preterm and low birth weight correlate with GMFCS and could be more likely to be GMFCSⅢ.Asphyxia at birth,infection during pregnancy and twins do not correlate with GMFCS.