The Unilateral Below Elbow Test: A function test for children with unilateral congenital below elbow deficiency

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 569-575

  Bagley, Anita M ^a   Molitor, Fred ^b   Wagner, Lisa V ^c   Tomhave, Wendy ^d   James, Michelle A ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ETR ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d Shriners Hospital for Children   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARM MALFORMATION; ARM PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; UNILATERAL BELOW ELBOW TEST; VIDEORECORDING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745241850     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162206001204     Document Type: Article

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