A microswitch cluster to enhance arm-lifting responses without dystonic head tilting by a child with multiple disabilities

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 100, Issue 3 I, 2005, Pages 892-894

  Lancioni, G E ^a   Comes, M L ^a   Stasolla, F ^a   Manfredi, F ^b   O'Reilly, M F ^c   Singh, N N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b Giovanni XXIII Children's Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d ONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM; BIOMECHANICS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DYSTONIA; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEAD; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SELF HELP; TRANSDUCER; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ARM; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; DISABLED CHILDREN; DYSTONIA; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; SELF-HELP DEVICES; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 23744497724     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.100.3.892-894     Document Type: Review

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