Bruising frequency and patterns in children with physical disabilities

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 604-609

  Goldberg, Amy P ^a   Tobin, Jane ^b   Daigneau, Janet ^b   Griffith, Robert T ^b   Reinert, Steven E ^c   Jenny, Carole ^a  

^a HASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Meeting Street School ^*  (United States)

^c Lifespan   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Children with disability in functioning; Contusions; Developmental disabilities; Disabled children; Neuromotor; Skin; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MUSCLE TONE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CARE; SKIN BRUISING; SKIN EXAMINATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BRACES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTUSIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; REFERENCE VALUES; RHODE ISLAND; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67749116143     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2900     Document Type: Article

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