Early motor repertoire is related to level of self-mobility in children with cerebral palsy at school age

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 878-885

  Bruggink, Janneke L M ^a   Cioni, Giovanni ^b   Einspieler, Christa ^c   Maathuis, Carel G B ^d   Pascale, Rosa ^b   Bos, Arend F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTICITY; SUPINE POSITION; AGE; BODY POSTURE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW UP; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGE FACTORS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPENDENT AMBULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70350498691     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03294.x     Document Type: Article

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