Test and Measures in Physical Therapy for the Kinetic Deficiencies in Children with cerebral palsy (PC)

Lots of studies talk about cerebral palsy andphysiopathology which includes symptoms, signs and characteristics; unfortunately, the number of publications in relation to the kinetic deficiency measurement is scarce. Professionals like physical therapists, whose their study aim is human corporal movement, are limited to quantify these publications and corroborate intervention results. For this reason, the necessity of making a systematic review that shows the panorama of tests and used measurements to evaluate and quantify functional deficiencies in children with cerebral palsy through articles search in data bases such as Pubmed, Science Direct and, Scielo between 2005 and 2012. The aim of this review is to recognize the tests and measurements that are used in Physical Therapy to assess and measure structural and functional deficiencies in children with cerebral palsy.In this part, 1695 articles were found about to physiopathology, etiology, physical characteristics and motor deficiencies; however, only 19 articles are related directly to our aim. Literature shows that anthropometry characteristics measurements and muscular performance are made independently, yet MACEDO and MILLER differ by measuring together these two characteristics in children with cerebral palsy. This investigation concludes that the majority of the evidence analyzes cranial nerves and circulation integrity deficiencies.