Gait function in newly diagnosed children with autism: Cerebellar and basal ganglia related motor disorder

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 819-824

  Rinehart, Nicole J ^a   Tonge, Bruce J ^a   Iansek, Robert ^a   McGinley, Jenny ^b   Brereton, Avril V ^a   Enticott, Peter G ^a   Bradshaw, John L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION DISORDER; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BASAL GANGLIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS;

EID: 33748915812     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162206001769     Document Type: Article

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