Effect of task constraint on reaching performance in children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1076-1082

  Ju, Yun Huei ^a,b,c   You, Jia Yuan ^d   Cherng, Rong Ju ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Kinematics; Postural control; Reaching; Task constraint

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HAND PEAK VELOCITY; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOVEMENT TIME; MOVEMENT UNIT; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PEDIATRIC REACHING TEST; REACHING PERFORMANCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SITTING; STRAIGHTNESS RATIO; TASK CONSTRAINT; TASK PERFORMANCE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DISABILITY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CUES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 77953355923     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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