An investigation of the factors affecting handwriting skill in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy*

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 692-703

  Bumin, Gonca ^a   Kavak, Sermin Tukel ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Tohum Autism Foundation   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Cognition; Handwriting; Sensory perceptual motor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77749295441     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638281003654789     Document Type: Article

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