Cerebral palsy in Victoria: Motor types, topography and gross motor function

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 41, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 479-483

  Howard, Jason ^a   Soo, Brendan ^a,b   Graham, H Kerr ^a,b,c   Boyd, Roslyn N ^a,b   Reid, Sue ^a,b   Lanigan, Anna ^a,b   Wolfe, Rory ^d   Reddihough, Dinah S ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Classification system; Gross motor function; Motor skills; Motor type; Population register; Topographical distribution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DIPLEGIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; REGISTER; SPASTIC PARESIS; VICTORIAN CEREBRAL PALSY REGISTER; ATAXIA; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYSKINESIA; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPASTICITY; STATISTICS;

ATAXIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DYSKINESIAS; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; REGISTRIES; VICTORIA;

EID: 30344483465     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2005.00687.x     Document Type: Article

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