Upper limb motor function in young adults with spina bifida and hydrocephalus

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1447-1453

  Dennis, M ^a,c,d   Salman, M S ^b   Jewell, D ^a   Hetherington, R ^a,d   Spiegler, B J ^a,d   MacGregor, D L ^a,d   Drake, J M ^a,c   Humphreys, R P ^a,c   Gentili, F ^e  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Spina bifida; Upper limb motor function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSMETRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD LESION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350700685     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-009-0948-x     Document Type: Article

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