Handwriting of children who have hemiplegia: A profile of abilities in children aged 8-13 years from a parent and teacher survey

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 89-98

  DuBois, Louise ^a   Klemm, Anna ^a   Murchland, Sonya ^a,b   Ozols, Ann ^a  

^a Crippled Children's Association   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Children; Handwriting; Hemiplegia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSGRAPHIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PARENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHER; WRITING;

EID: 3242690684     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2004.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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