Development of a set of activities to evaluate the arm and hand function in children with obstetric brachial plexus lesion

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-170

  Boeschoten, Karin H ^a   Folmer, K B ^a,c   van der Lee, J H ^a,b   Nollet, F ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Rehabilitation Centre De Trappenberg   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BODY POSTURE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ARM; BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33847248337     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215506071253     Document Type: Article

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