Table 2:
Patient characteristics
| Participant | Sex | Gestational age at birth (wks) | Brain injury/CP etiology | GMFCS level | Age (y:mo) | Walking aid used? | Leg spasticity laterality | Discussant Initial to final vote |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 1 | M | 30 | PVL | III | 16:5 | Y | L=R | Y to Y | Y to N | N to N |
| 2 | M | 25 | PVL | III | 18:10 | Y | L=R | N to N | N to N | N to N |
| 3 | F | Term | PVL (unknown etiology) | I | 6:8 | N | L<R | N to Y | Y to Y | N to Y |
| 4 | F | Preterm (adopted) | PVL | I | 17:10 | N | L=R | N to N | N to N | N to N |
| 5 | M | 36 | HIE, PVL, IPH | III | 13:5 | Y | L=R | N to Y | Y to Y | N to Y |
| 6 | F | Term | Stroke, PVL | II | 8:4 | N | L | Y to Y | N to Y | Y to Y |
| 7 | F | 25 | PVL | II | 12:10 | N | L=R | N to N | N to N | Y to N |
| 8 | F | 33 | PVL | III | 18:8 | Y | L=R | Y to Y | Y to Y | N to Y |
| 9 | M | 30 | PVL | III | 12:7 | Y | L=R | Y to Y | Y to Y | Y to Y |
| 10 | M | 36 | PVL (unknown etiology) | I | 8:4 | N | L=R | Y to Y | Y to Y | N to N |
| 11 | F | 27 | PVL | III | 17:8 | Y | L=R | N to Y | Y to Y | Y to Y |
| 12 | M | 30 | PVL | I | 3:7 | N | L=R | N to N | N to N | N to N |
| 13 | F | Preterm (adopted) | Stroke, PVL | II | 18:8 | N | L<R | N to N | N to N | N to N |
| 14 | M | 28 | PVL | III | 19:1 | Y | L=R | N to N | N to N | N to N |
| 15 | M | 31 | PVL | II | 15:6 | N | L=R | Y to Y | Y to Y | Y to Y |
| 16 | M | 31 | PVL | II | 16:1 | N | L=R | Y to Y | Y to Y | N to Y |
| 17 | F | 25 | PVL, IVH, PHH | II | 8:2 | N | L | Y to Y | Y to Y | Y to Y |
| 18 | M | 32 | PVL | II | 11:1 | N | L=R | Y to N | N to N | N to N |
| 19 | M | 27 | PVL | II | 11:1 | N | L=R | Y to N | Y to N | N to N |
| 20 | M | 33 | PVL | I | 9:6 | N | L=R | N to N | N to N | N to N |
| 21 | M | 35 | HIE, PVL | II | 8:11 | N | L<R | Y to Y | N to Y | Y to Y |
| 22 | F | Preterm | PVL | II | 24:5 | N | L=R | N to N | N to N | Y to N |
| 23 | F | 24 | PVL | I | 22:4 | N | L=R | N to N | N to N | N to N |
| 24 | F | Preterm (adopted) | PVL | I | 13:2 | N | L=R | Y to Y | N to N | N to N |
| 25 | F | 39 | HIE (placental abruption), PVL | II | 6:0 | N | L=R | Y to Y | Y to Y | Y to Y |
| 26 | F | 24 | PVL | II | 16:5 | N | L=R | N to N | N to N | Y to N |
| 27 | F | 26 | PVL, IVH | II | 4:5 | N | L=R | Y to Y | Y to Y | Y to Y |
| 28 | F | Term | PVL (unknown etiology) | III | 8:10 | Y | L=R | N to Y | Y to Y | Y to Y |
| 29 | M | 31 | PVL | III | 7:8 | Y | L=R | Y to N | N to N | N to N |
| 30 | F | Unknown (adopted) | PVL (unknown etiology) | I | 18:4 | N | L | N to N | N to Y | Y to Y |
| 31 | F | 28 | PVL | II | 6:2 | N | L=R | N to N | N to N | N to N |
| 32 | M | 27 | PVL, IVH | I | 9:2 | N | L=R | N to N | N to N | N to N |
| 33 | F | 28 | HIE (placental abruption), PVL, IVH | III | 12:11 | Y | L=R | Y to Y | Y to Y | Y to Y |
| 34 | F | 40 | PVL, IPH | I | 7:2 | N | L=R | N to Y | N to N | Y to Y |
| 35 | F | 28 | PVL, IVH | II | 23:2 | N | L=R | N to N | Y to N | N to N |
| 36 | F | 34 | HIE (placental abruption), PVL | I | 17:7 | N | L=R | N to N | N to N | N to N |
| 37 | F | 40 | PVL (unknown etiology) | II | 19:4 | N | L=R | N to N | N to N | N to N |
| 38 | M | 33 | PVL | I | 6:5 | N | L<R | Y to Y | Y to Y | N to Y |
| 39 | F | 28 | PVL | III | 13:11 | Y | L=R | N to N | N to N | N to N |
| 40 | M | 33 | PVL | III | 22:5 | Y | L=R | N to N | N to N | Y to Y |
CP, cerebral palsy; GMFCS, Gross Motor Function Classification System;14 M/F, male or female; PVL, periventricular leukomalacia; L=R, spasticity noted in both legs without documentation of asymmetry; Y/N, discussant’s yes/no vote about presence or absence of dystonia; HIE, hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy; IPH, intraparenchymal hemorrhage; IVH, intraventricular hemorrhage; PHH, post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus; L>R or L<R, spasticity documented in both legs; but with L either affected more (>) or less (<) than the R; L or R, spasticity documented in just one leg.