Can Spasticity and Dystonia Be Independently Measured in Cerebral Palsy?

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 375-381

  Gordon, Laurie M ^a,b   Keller, Jennifer L ^a   Stashinko, Elaine E ^a   Hoon, Alec H ^a,c   Bastian, Amy J ^a,b  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; ELBOW; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTICITY; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; ARM; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VOLITION;

EID: 33751312537     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2006.06.015     Document Type: Article

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