Use of manual and powered wheelchair in children with cerebral palsy: A cross-sectional study

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rodby Bousquet, Elisabet ^a,b   Hägglund, Gunnar ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSKINESIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL WHEELCHAIR; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT MOBILITY; POWERED WHEELCHAIR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEDEN; WHEELCHAIR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; LOCOMOTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 77955525805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-59     Document Type: Article

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