Relationship between neuromuscular body functions and upper extremity activity in children with cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Brændvik, Siri M ^a,b   Elvrum, Ann Kristin G ^a,b   Vereijken, Beatrix ^b   Roeleveld, Karin ^b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELBOW; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPASTICITY;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFLEX; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 75349114571     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03490.x     Document Type: Article

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