Goal-directed functional therapy: A longitudinal study on gross motor function in children with cerebral palsy

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 908-916

  Löwing, Kristina ^a   Bexelius, Annemarie ^b   Carlberg, Eva Brogren ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Handicap and Habilitation   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Children; Motor function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPASTICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOALS; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77951805980     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638280903353422     Document Type: Article

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