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Eva Beckung
Researcher at University of Gothenburg
Publications - 41
Citations - 5923
Eva Beckung is an academic researcher from University of Gothenburg. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cerebral palsy & Gross Motor Function Classification System. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 41 publications receiving 5477 citations. Previous affiliations of Eva Beckung include Boston Children's Hospital.
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The Manual Ability Classification System (MACS) for children with cerebral palsy: scale development and evidence of validity and reliability
Ann-Christin Eliasson,Lena Krumlinde-Sundholm,Birgit Rösblad,Eva Beckung,Marianne Arner,Ann-Marie Öhrvall,Peter Rosenbaum +6 more
TL;DR: Reliability was tested between pairs of therapists for 168 children between 4 and 18 years and between 25 parents and their children's therapists, demonstrating that MACS has good validity and reliability.
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Neuroimpairments, Activity Limitations, and Participation Restrictions in Children With Cerebral Palsy
Eva Beckung,Gudrun Hagberg +1 more
TL;DR: Motor function and learning disability were important predictors for participation restrictions in children with CP and has the capacity to be a model to help plan interventions for specific functional goals and to ascertain the child's participation in society.
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Changing panorama of cerebral palsy in Sweden. VIII. Prevalence and origin in the birth year period 1991-94.
TL;DR: This 8th Swedish population‐based cerebral palsy (CP) report comprises 241 children born 1991–94 and Probable aetiology was identified in 73% of preterm and 86% of term children.
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Self-reported quality of life of 8–12-year-old children with cerebral palsy: a cross-sectional European study
Heather O Dickinson,Kathryn Parkinson,Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer,Giorgio Schirripa,Ute Thyen,Catherine Arnaud,Eva Beckung,Jérôme Fauconnier,Vicki McManus,Susan Ishøy Michelsen,Jackie Parkes,Allan Colver +11 more
TL;DR: Parents can be reassured that most children aged 8-12 years with cerebral palsy will have similar QoL to other children, and this finding should guide social and educational policy to ensure that disabled children participate fully in society.
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Participation in life situations of 8-12 year old children with cerebral palsy: cross sectional European study
Jérôme Fauconnier,Heather O Dickinson,Eva Beckung,Marco Marcelli,Vicki McManus,Susan Ishøy Michelsen,Jackie Parkes,Kathryn Parkinson,Ute Thyen,Catherine Arnaud,Allan Colver +10 more
TL;DR: Participation in children with cerebral palsy should be assessed in clinical practice to guide intervention and assess its effect, and some European countries facilitate participation better than others, implying some countries could make better provision.