Modified Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy combined with Bimanual Training (mCIMT-BiT) in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy: How are improvements in arm-hand use established?

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 271-279

  Aarts, Pauline B ^a   Jongerius, Peter H ^a   Geerdink, Yvonne A ^a   van Limbeek, Jacques ^a   Geurts, Alexander C ^a,b  

^a SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bimanual training; Cerebral palsy; Developmental disregard; Modified Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (mCIMT); Randomised controlled trial (RCT); Video Observations Aarts and Aarts (VOAA)

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTRAINT INDUCED THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; GONIOMETRY; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL ABILITY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM SCORE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ARM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 78649687188     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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