Hand versus mouth for call-bell activation by DMD and Becker patients

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 532-536

  Pellegrini, Nadine ^a   Pelletier, Amélie ^a   Orlikowski, David ^a   Lolierou, Christian ^b   Ruquet, Maria ^a   Raphaël, Jean Claude ^a   Lofaso, Frédéric ^a,c  

^a Garches University Hospital   (France)

^b Assoc d'Entraide Polios Handicapes   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Duchenne de Boulogne; Hand function; Neuromuscular disorder; Self sufficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; BREATHING MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 34250657410     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2007.03.016     Document Type: Article

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