Sensory evaluation of the hands in children with brachial plexus birth injury

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 582-586

  Palmgren, Tove ^a,c   Peltonen, Jari ^b   Linder, Tove ^a   Rautakorpi, Sanna ^a   Nietosvaara, Yrjänä ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI AND HELSINKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Toolo Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SENSIBILITY; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; THORACIC SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOUCH;

EID: 34547453883     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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