Dependence and perceived difficulty in activities of daily living in adults with cerebral palsy and spina bifida

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 299-307

  Andrén, Eva ^a   Grimby, Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEFECATION; FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0034129681     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096382800296656     Document Type: Article

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