Table 2.
Assistive devices used in lying, sitting and standing by adults at GMFCS I to V.
GMFCS I | GMFCS II | GMCFS III | GMFCS IV | GMFCS V | Total | |||||||
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(n = 330) | (n = 323) | (n = 235) | (n = 298) | (n = 361) | (n = 1,547) | |||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Assistive devices in lying | 15 | 4% | 47 | 15% | 79 | 34% | 183 | 61% | 332 | 92% | 656 | 42% |
Cushions, positioning rolls | 11 | 3% | 26 | 8% | 43 | 18% | 105 | 35% | 290 | 80% | 475 | 31% |
Adjustable bed | 4 | 1% | 22 | 7% | 47 | 20% | 143 | 48% | 282 | 78% | 498 | 32% |
Assistive devices in sitting | 16 | 5% | 99 | 31% | 200 | 85% | 298 | 100% | 360 | 100% | 973 | 63% |
Moulded seating | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 6 | 3% | 45 | 15% | 170 | 47% | 221 | 14% |
Tilt in space wheelchair | 0 | 0% | 7 | 2% | 30 | 13% | 130 | 44% | 277 | 77% | 444 | 29% |
Wheelchair no tilt | 0 | 0% | 48 | 15% | 157 | 67% | 190 | 64% | 43 | 12% | 438 | 28% |
Adaptive seating | 16 | 5% | 70 | 22% | 101 | 43% | 88 | 30% | 50 | 14% | 322 | 21% |
Assistive devices in standing | 0 | 0% | 7 | 2% | 59 | 25% | 181 | 61% | 254 | 70% | 501 | 32% |
Standing frame/tilt board | 0 | 0% | 6 | 2% | 44 | 19% | 109 | 37% | 181 | 50% | 340 | 22% |
HKAFO | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 10 | 4% | 45 | 15% | 135 | 37% | 190 | 12% |
Standing wheelchair | 0 | 0% | 3 | 1% | 21 | 9% | 58 | 20% | 23 | 6% | 105 | 7% |
GMFCS, Gross Motor Function Classification System; HKAFO, an individually molded rigid bilateral hip-knee-ankle-foot orthosis.