Comparison of Parents' and Caregivers' Satisfaction after Spinal Fusion in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-58

  Tsirikos, Athanasios I ^a   Chang, Wei Ning ^b   Dabney, Kirk W ^c   Miller, Freeman ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Caretakers' satisfaction; Cerebral palsy; Parents' satisfaction; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PARENT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCOLIOSIS; SPASTICITY; SPEECH THERAPY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; TEACHER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0347419504     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01241398-200401000-00010     Document Type: Article

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