Comparison of the Gross Motor Function Measure and Paediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory in assessing motor function in children undergoing selective dorsal rhizotomy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 245-252

  Nordmark, Eva ^a   Jarnlo, Gun Britt ^a   Hägglund, Gunnar ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RHIZOTOMY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0034067592     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2000.tb00080.x     Document Type: Article

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