Relationships between motor impairments and activity limitations in patients with neuromuscular disorders

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 326-332

  Vandervelde, L ^a   Van Den Bergh, P Y K ^b   Renders, A ^b   Goemans, N ^c   Thonnard, J L ^a,d  

^a Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine Unit   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CHILD; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOPATHY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; OSTEODYSTROPHY; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING SPEED; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; GAIT; HAND STRENGTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATIENT CARE; STATISTICS; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61549089314     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.150060     Document Type: Article

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