Reliability of two Visual-Perceptual tests for children with cerebral palsy

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 473-480

  Tsai, Li Ting ^a   Lin, Keh Chung ^a,b   Liao, Hua Fang ^b   Hsieh, Ching Lin ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Child; Psychometrics; Reproducibility of results; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VISION; VISION TEST;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 68949115924     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.63.4.473     Document Type: Article

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