Level of motivation in mastering challenging tasks in children with cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1120-1126

  Majnemer, Annette ^a   Shevell, Michael ^a   Law, Mary ^b   Poulin, Chantal ^a   Rosenbaum, Peter ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COGNITION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUADRIPLEGIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78349262675     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03732.x     Document Type: Article

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