Electrophysiological monitoring during selective dorsal rhizotomy, and spasticity and GMFM performance

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 233-238

  Hays, Ross M ^a,b   McLaughlin, John F ^a   Bjornson, Kristie F ^a   Stephens, Kari ^a   Roberts, Theodore S ^b   Price, Robert ^c  

^a Dept of Rehabilitation Medicine ^*

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SPASTICITY;

EID: 0031944858     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb15455.x     Document Type: Article

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