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Peter Rosenbaum

Peter Rosenbaum

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D-Index
126
Citations
75440
World Ranking
2900
National Ranking
118

Overview

Peter Rosenbaum is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada and has established a body of research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Psychology. Their work notably intersects Clinical Psychology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Psychiatry and Mental Health, General Health Professions, and Sociology and Political Science.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Language Development and Disorders
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare

Rosenbaum has contributed to a number of recent publications, including:

  • Let's not go back to 'normal'! lessons from COVID-19 for professionals working in childhood disability, 2020, Disability and Rehabilitation
  • Proposed updated description of cerebral palsy, 2025, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
  • Propensity scores in the design of observational studies for causal effects, 2022, Biometrika
  • Physical therapy in children with cerebral palsy in Brazil: a scoping review, 2021, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
  • Study protocol: functioning curves and trajectories for children and adolescents with cerebral palsy in Brazil - PartiCipa Brazil, 2020, BMC Pediatrics

Frequent co-authors in Rosenbaum's work include:

  • Hércules Ribeiro Leite
  • Briano Di Rezze
  • Kinga Pozniak
  • Paula Silva de Carvalho Chagas
  • Monika Novak-Pavlic

Their publications are often featured in the following venues:

  • Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
  • Disability and Rehabilitation
  • Child Care Health and Development
  • Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Best Publications

  • Development and reliability of a system to classify gross motor function in children with cerebral palsy

    Robert Palisano;Peter Rosenbaum;Stephen Walter;Dianne Russell

  • A report: the definition and classification of cerebral palsy April 2006.

    Peter Rosenbaum;Nigel Paneth;Alan Leviton;Maurice Goldstein

  • Proposed definition and classification of cerebral palsy, April 2005.

    Martin Bax;Murray Goldstein;Peter Rosenbaum;Alan Leviton

  • 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

  • Content validity of the expanded and revised Gross Motor Function Classification System.

    Robert J. Palisano;Peter Rosenbaum;Doreen J. Bartlett;Michael H. Livingston

  • The Health and Well-Being of Caregivers of Children With Cerebral Palsy

    Parminder Raina;Maureen O'Donnell;Peter Rosenbaum;Jamie Brehaut

  • Prognosis for Gross Motor Function in cerebral palsy: Creation of Motor development curves

    Peter L. Rosenbaum;Stephen D. Walter;Steven E. Hanna;Robert J. Palisano

  • The gross motor function measure: a means to evaluate the effects of physical therapy.

    Dianne J. Russell;Peter L. Rosenbaum;David T. Cadman;Carolyn Gowland

  • Validation of a Model of Gross Motor Function for Children With Cerebral Palsy

    Robert J Palisano;Steven E Hanna;Peter L Rosenbaum;Dianne J Russell

  • Developing and validating the Communication Function Classification System for individuals with cerebral palsy

    Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker;Nigel Paneth;Peter L Rosenbaum;Raymond D Kent

  • The Gross Motor Function Classification System for Cerebral Palsy: a study of reliability and stability over time

    Ellen Wood;Peter Rosenbaum

  • A conceptual model of the factors affecting the recreation and leisure participation of children with disabilities.

    Gillian King;Mary C. Law;Susanne King;Peter Rosenbaum

  • Improved Scaling of the Gross Motor Function Measure for Children With Cerebral Palsy: Evidence of Reliability and Validity

    Dianne J Russell;Lisa M Avery;Peter L Rosenbaum;Parminder S Raina

  • Family-Centred Service

    Peter Rosenbaum;Susanne King;Mary Law;Gillian King

  • The health of primary caregivers of children with cerebral palsy: how does it compare with that of other Canadian caregivers?

    Jamie C Brehaut;Dafna E Kohen;Dafna E Kohen;Parminder Raina;Stephen D Walter

  • Caregiving process and caregiver burden: Conceptual models to guide research and practice

    Parminder Raina;Maureen O'Donnell;Heidi Schwellnus;Peter Rosenbaum

  • Patterns of participation in recreational and leisure activities among children with complex physical disabilities

    Mary Law;Gillian King;Susanne King;Marilyn Kertoy

  • Family-centered caregiving and well-being of parents of children with disabilities:linking process with outcome

    Gillian King;Susanne King;Peter Rosenbaum;Richard Goffin

  • Development of the Gross Motor Function Classification System for cerebral palsy.

    Peter L. Rosenbaum;Robert J. Palisano;Doreen J. Bartlett;Barbara E. Galuppi

  • Cognitive abilities and school performance of extremely low birth weight children and matched term control children at age 8 years: a regional study

    Saroj Saigal;Peter Szatmari;Peter Szatmari;Peter Rosenbaum;Peter Rosenbaum;Dugal Campbell;Dugal Campbell

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary Law
Mary Law McMaster University
Saroj Saigal
Saroj Saigal McMaster University
David L. Streiner
David L. Streiner University of Toronto
Stephen D. Walter
Stephen D. Walter McMaster University
Gillian King
Gillian King Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Jan Willem Gorter
Jan Willem Gorter McMaster University
Susanne King
Susanne King McMaster University
Lucyna M. Lach
Lucyna M. Lach McGill University
Annette Majnemer
Annette Majnemer McGill University
Michael Shevell
Michael Shevell McGill University

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