Gross Motor Function Measure for children with cerebral palsy

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 355-359

  Wong, Eve C Y ^a   Man, David W K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Evaluation; Gross Motor Function Measure; Motor

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RELIABILITY;

CEREBRAL PALSY; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION MEASURES (GMFM); INTER-RATER RELIABILITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTIONS; MOTOR TASKS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ARTICLE; ATHETOSIS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION MEASURE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ATHETOSIS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 33645862291     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004356-200512000-00009     Document Type: Article

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