A repeated course of constraint-induced movement therapy results in further improvement

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 770-773

  Charles, Jeanne R ^a   Gordon, Andrew M ^b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CAREGIVER; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTRAINT INDUCED THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34648837881     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.00770.x     Document Type: Article

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