Effects of constraint-induced movement therapy on hand skills and muscle recruitment of children with spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-108

  Stearns, Ginny E ^a,b   Burtner, Patricia ^a   Keenan, Kristina M ^a   Qualls, Clifford ^a   Phillips, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OTR/L   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Constraint induced movement therapy; Hand therapy

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTRAINT INDUCED THERAPY; DEXTERITY TEST; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PINCH STRENGTH; SPASTIC HEMIPLEGIC CEREBRAL PALSY; STUDENT T TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HAND STRENGTH; HEMIPLEGIA; IMMOBILIZATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 66149122675     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2009-0459     Document Type: Article

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