Reliability of the assisting hand assessment (AHA) for children and youth with acquired brain injury

Brain Impairment

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-124

  Davis, Elizabeth ^a   Galvin, Jane ^a,b,c   Soo, Cheryl ^c,d  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acquired brain injury; Assessment; Children; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY; ARTICLE; ASSISTING HAND ASSESSMENT; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; JUVENILE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYELITIS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY;

EID: 77956288092     PISSN: 14439646     EISSN: 18395252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/brim.11.2.113     Document Type: Article

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