An assessment of the impact of cerebral palsy on children's quality of life

Fizyoterapi Rehabilitasyon

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-8

  Tüzün, Emine Handan ^a   Eker, Levent ^b   Daşkapan, Arzu ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Quality of life; Questionnaires; health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PAIN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 4644281553     PISSN: 13008757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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