Occupational therapy decision making guidelines for problems in written productivity

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-27

  Rigby, Patricia ^a,b   Schwellnus, Heidi ^a  

^a HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cerebral palsy; Handwriting; Intervention; School work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE HAND COORDINATION; HANDWRITING; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; KINESTHESIA; LEARNING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; SPASTICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHER; TRAINING; VIDEORECORDING; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0032708817     PISSN: 01942638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J006v19n01_02     Document Type: Article

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