Upper limb activity measures for 5- to 16-year-old children with congenital hemiplegia: A systematic review

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-21

  Gilmore, Rose ^a   Sakzewski, Leanne ^a,b   Boyd, Roslyn ^b  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DATA BASE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 73249122241     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03369.x     Document Type: Review

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