Reliability of the Manual Ability Classification System for children with cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 950-953

  Morris, Christopher ^a,b   Kurinczuk, Jennifer J ^a   Fitzpatrick, Raymond ^b   Rosenbaum, Peter L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYSKINESIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL ABILITY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPASTICITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDITY;

APTITUDE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33751108240     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001216220600209X     Document Type: Article

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