Improving spatial functioning in children with cerebral palsy using computerized and traditional game tasks

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 1361-1371

  Akhutina, Tat'yana ^a   Foreman, Nigel ^b   Krichevets, Anatoly ^a   Matikka, Leena ^c   Narhi, Vesa ^d   Pylaeva, Natalia ^a   Vahakuopus, Jelena ^c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Psychotherapy Clinic   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0346122840     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280310001616358     Document Type: Article

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