Archives of Hellenic Medicine

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28-Jun-2024

Arch Hellen Med, 41(4), July-August 2024, 558-562

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The Greek version of the classification system of musculoskeletal pathology in children with cerebral palsy

V.C. Skoutelis,^1,2 A. Dinopoulos,^3,4 Z. Dimitriadis,⁵ D. Pasparakis,⁶ H.K. Graham,⁷ E. Rutz^8-11
¹Department of Physiotherapy, "Attikon" University General Hospital, Chaidari, Attica,
²Laboratory of Neuromuscular and Cardiovascular Study of Motion, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health and Care Sciences, University of West Attica, Athens,
³Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens,
⁴Third Department of Paediatrics, "Attikon" University General Hospital, Chaidari, Attica,
⁵Laboratory of Health and Quality of Life Research, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Lamia,
⁶Department of Orthopaedics, Pediatrics Center of Athens, Athens Medical Center, Marousi, Attica, Greece,
⁷The University of Melbourne, Melbourne,
⁸Department of Orthopaedics, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne,
⁹Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne,
¹⁰Department of Paediatrics, Bob Dickens Chair, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia,
¹¹Medical Faculty, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Cerebral palsy is, by definition, a static encephalopathy which eventually becomes a progressive myoskeletopathy, as a consequence of muscular contractures and osteoarticular deformities that manifest with time and growth of the child. This musculoskeletal aspect of cerebral palsy led to the need to develop a four-stage classification system of lower limb musculoskeletal pathology for ambulant children with cerebral palsy from infancy to adult life. This new classification system of cerebral palsy attempts to fill the existing gap in the classification of such a heterogeneous and multisymptomatic condition, with the aim of contributing to the clinical research and therapeutic management of lower-limb dysfunction. This article presents the official Greek version of the Musculoskeletal Pathology Classification System (MSPCS) of cerebral palsy to inform and educate the Greek scientific community.

Key words: Cerebral palsy, Classification system, Management, Musculoskeletal pathology, Translation.