Cerebral palsy: Correlation of risk factors and functional performance using the functional independence measure for children (WeeFIM)

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 887-893

  Wong, Virginia ^a   Chung, Brian ^a   Hui, Stella ^a   Fong, Angie ^a   Lau, Candice ^a   Law, Betty ^a   Lo, Kyle ^a   Shum, Tracy ^a   Wong, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COGNITION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT MOBILITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 11844268038     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738040190110701     Document Type: Article

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