Impact of selective posterior rhizotomy on fine motor skills: Long-term results using a validated evaluative measure

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 133-141

  Mittal, Sandeep ^a   Farmer, Jean Pierre ^a   Al Atassi, Borhan ^a   Montpetit, Kathleen ^a   Gervais, Nathalie ^a   Poulin, Chantal ^a   Cantin, Marie André ^a   Benaroch, Thierry E ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Dorsal rhizotomy; Fine motor skills; Outcome; Spasticity; Suprasegmental effects; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PEABODY DEVELOPMENTAL MOTOR SCALES TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RHIZOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036207041     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000048368     Document Type: Article

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