Motor and Cognitive Outcomes in Children After Functional Hemispherectomy

Pediatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 356-361

  Samargia, Sharyl A ^a,b   Kimberley, Teresa Jacobson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Cognition; Epilepsy; Functional hemispherectomy; Motor skills; Outcomes; Review article

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; SPASTICITY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74249112762     PISSN: 08985669     EISSN: 1538005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEP.0b013e3181bf710d     Document Type: Review

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