Purpose: The purpose of this research was to investigate differences in Early Clinical Assessment of Balance (ECAB) scores within children with cerebral palsy (CP) with different Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels and between children with CP and typical development (TD) who are under three years of age.Methods: The ECAB was administered to fifty children (13 with TD, 16 with GMFCS level II, 11 with GMFCS level III, 10 with GMFCS level III).Results: The group of children of TD had significantly higher scores than all groups of children with CP. There were significant differences in ECAB within the groups of children with CP with different GMFCS levels.Conclusion: The results of this study support the construct validity of the ECAB as a measure of postural control in children under three years of age with CP.

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早期临床评估脑瘫患儿平衡的临床有效性：简报。

目的：本研究的目的是调查具有不同总运动功能分类系统（GMFCS）水平的脑瘫（CP）患儿和CP与典型发育（TD）患儿之间早期临床评估平衡（ECAB）评分的差异方法：将ECAB给予50名儿童（TD患儿13例，GMFCS II患儿16例，GMFCS III患儿11例，GMFCS III患儿10例）。结果：TD儿童组的得分明显高于所有CP儿童组。结论：本研究结果支持ECAB的构造效度作为3岁以下CP患儿姿势控制的量度，其ECAB在不同GMFCS水平的CP患儿组之间存在显着差异。