Reliability and cross-cultural validation of the Turkish version of Manual Ability Classification System (MACS) for children with cerebral palsy

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 1910-1916

  Akpinar, Pinar ^a   Tezel, Canan G ^a   Eliasson, Ann Christin ^b   Icagasioglu, Afitap ^a  

^a GOZTEPE TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; children; Manual Ability Classification System

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; BOOK; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANUALS AS TOPIC; MOTOR SKILLS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TURKEY;

EID: 77957816307     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638281003763796     Document Type: Article

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