Effectiveness of modified constraint-induced movement therapy in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy: A randomized controlled trial

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 509-518

  Aarts, Pauline B ^a   Jongerius, Peter H ^a,b   Geerdink, Yvonne A ^a   Van Limbeek, Jacques ^a   Geurts, Alexander C ^a,b  

^a Sint Maartenskliniek ^*  (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bimanual training; cerebral palsy; modified constraint induced movement therapy; randomized control trial; rehabilitation; upper limb

Indexed keywords

ABILHAND KIDS QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTICLE; ASSISTING HAND ASSESSMENT; BIMANUAL TASK SPECIFIC TRAINING; CANADIAN OCCUPATIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASURE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTRAINT INDUCED THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GOAL ATTAINMENT SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANUAL ABILITY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM SCORE; MELBOURNE ASSESSMENT OF UNILATERAL UPPER LIMB FUNCTION; MODIFIED CONSTRAINT INDUCED THERAPY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PLAY THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; SPASTICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954081059     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968309359767     Document Type: Article

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