The "mirror box" illusion: Effect of visual information on bimanual coordination in children with spastic hemiparetic cerebral palsy

Motor Control

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-82

  Feltham, Max G ^a   Ledebt, Annick ^b   Bennett, Simon J ^c   Deconinck, Frederik J A ^a   Verheul, Martine H G ^d   Savelsbergh, Geert J P ^a,b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bimanual symmetry; Cerebral palsy; Children; Kinematics; Visual information

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIMANUAL COORDINATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ILLUSION; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 76149141629     PISSN: 10871640     EISSN: 15432696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/mcj.14.1.68     Document Type: Article

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