Relevance of the Pediatric Powered Wheelchair Screening Test for children with cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 468-474

  Furumasu, Jan ^a   Guerette, Paula ^a   Tefft, Donita ^a  

^a RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PATIENT MOBILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; WHEELCHAIR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SYMBOLISM; TEACHING; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 3042772968     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162204000775     Document Type: Article

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