Motor outcome differences between two groups of children with spastic diplegia who received different intensities of early onset physiotherapy followed for 5 years

Brain and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 118-126

  Kanda, Toyoko ^a   Pidcock, Frank S ^b   Hayakawa, Katumi ^c   Yamori, Yuriko ^a   Shikata, Yuko ^d  

^a St Joseph's Hosp People Handicaps   (Japan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KYOTO CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Kyoto Miniren Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Early onset of therapy; Intensive physiotherapy; Long term therapy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spastic diplegia; Vojta Method

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; KINESIOTHERAPY; LONG TERM CARE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PORENCEPHALY; PREMATURITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TACTILE STIMULATION; VOJTA METHOD; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 1242317106     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(03)00111-6     Document Type: Article

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