Bracing and splinting interventions in the upper limbs of people with cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 293-294

  Imms, Christine ^a  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

BRACE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; HAND; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPLINT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THUMB; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

BRACES; CEREBRAL PALSY; HUMANS; SPLINTS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 79952577877     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03881.x     Document Type: Note

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