Upper limb cerebellar motor function in children with spina bifida

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-73

  Jewell, Derryn ^a   Fletcher, Jack M ^b   Mahy, Caitlin E V ^c   Hetherington, Ross ^a,d   MacGregor, Daune ^a,d   Drake, James M ^a,e   Salman, Michael S ^f   Dennis, Maureen ^a,d,e  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Functional independence; Myelomeningocele; Spina bifida; Upper limb motor function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; COGNITION; DIADOCHOKINESIA; DYSMETRIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REBOUND; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINA BIFIDA MENINGOMYELOCELE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ARM; CHILD; DYSKINESIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARENTS; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 71349086546     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-009-0991-7     Document Type: Article

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