Intraobserver reliability of the modified Tardieu scale in the upper limb of children with hemiplegia

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 267-272

  Mackey, Anna H ^a   Walt, Sharon E ^a   Lobb, Glenis ^b   Stott, N Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ERROR; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VELOCITY;

EID: 1842536050     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2004.tb00481.x     Document Type: Article

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