Tactile sensory abilities in cerebral palsy: Deficits in roughness and object discrimination

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 832-838

  Wingert, Jason R ^a   Burton, Harold ^b   Sinclair, Robert J ^c   Brunstrom, Janice E ^c   Damiano, Diane L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; TOUCH;

EID: 54249143958     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03105.x     Document Type: Article

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