Interlimb coupling in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy during reaching and grasping at speed

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 396-404

  Utley, Andrea ^a,b   Sugden, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HAND GRIP; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0031801003     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb08215.x     Document Type: Article

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