Determinants of ambulation in children with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy: A population-based study

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 669-673

  Simard Tremblay, Elisabeth ^a,b   Shevell, Michael ^a,b   Dagenais, Lynn ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambulation; Cerebral palsy; Hyperbilirubinemia; Motor function; Spastic quadriplegia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; ONSET AGE; PATIENT INFORMATION; POPULATION RISK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEIZURE; SPASTICITY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; REGISTRIES; SEIZURES; WALKING;

EID: 77952892401     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073809342590     Document Type: Article

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