Immediate effect of a wrist and thumb brace on bimanual activities in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 321-326

  Louwers, Annoek ^a   Meester Delver, Anke ^a   Folmer, Katinka ^b   Nollet, Frans ^a   Beelen, Anita ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Rehabilitation Center 'De Trappenberg'   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRACE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THUMB; WRIST;

BRACES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; THUMB; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

EID: 79952595370     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03849.x     Document Type: Article

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