Focus on function: A cluster, randomized controlled trial comparing child- versus context-focused intervention for young children with cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 621-629

  Law, Mary C ^a   Darrah, Johanna ^b   Pollock, Nancy ^a   Wilson, Brenda ^c   Russell, Dianne J ^a   Walter, Stephen D ^a   Rosenbaum, Peter ^a   Galuppi, Barb ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN'S PARTICIPATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD FOCUSED THERAPY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTEXT FOCUSED THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FAMILY EMPOWERMENT SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION MEASURE; HIP; HUMAN; INFANT; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC EVALUATION OF DISABILITY INVENTORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958283242     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.03962.x     Document Type: Article

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