The relationship between unimanual capacity and bimanual performance in children with congenital hemiplegia

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 811-816

  Sakzewski, Leanne ^a,b,c   Ziviani, Jenny ^a   Boyd, Roslyn ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEMIPLEGIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HAND FUNCTION; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; LIMB DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPASTICITY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; HAND STRENGTH; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOUCH;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 77955753822     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03588.x     Document Type: Article

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