Classification of manual abilities in children with cerebral palsy under 5 years of age: How reliable is the Manual Ability Classification System?

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 164-170

  Plasschaert, Véronique F P ^a,b   Ketelaar, M ^b,c,d   Nijnuis, M G ^b   Enkelaar, L ^b   Gorter, J W ^d,e  

^a Sophia Rehabilitation Centre   (Netherlands)

^b Rehabilitation Centre De Hoogstraat   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d Partner of NetChild   (Netherlands)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MANUAL ABILITY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY;

AGE FACTORS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 59349094281     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215508098892     Document Type: Article

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