'Extensor toe sign' by various methods in spastic children with cerebral palsy

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 216-220

  Ghosh, Debabrata ^a,b   Pradhan, Sunil ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTICITY; TOE;

EID: 0031860346     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389801300504     Document Type: Article

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