Manual dexterity and keyboard use in spastic hemiparesis: A comparison between the impaired hand and the 'good' hand on a number of performance measures

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 64-72

  Steenbergen, Bert ^a   Veringa, Arjen ^a   De Haan, Ab ^a   Hulstijn, Wouter ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; ERROR; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND FUNCTION; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; HAND; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 0031950783     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921598670272626     Document Type: Article

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