Validity and reliability of the VOAA-DDD to assess spontaneous hand use with a video observation tool in children with spastic unilateral cerebral palsy

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Aarts, Pauline Bm ^a   Jongerius, Peter H ^a   Geerdink, Yvonne A ^a   Geurts, Alexander C ^b  

^a Sint Maartenskliniek ^*  (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAND; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VOAA DDD SOFTWARE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OBSERVATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY; VIDEORECORDING;

ARM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; OBSERVATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 73849099000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-145     Document Type: Article

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