Upper limb children action-observation training (UP-CAT): A randomised controlled trial in Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy

BMC Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sgandurra, Giuseppina ^a,b   Ferrari, Adriano ^c,d   Cossu, Giuseppe ^e   Guzzetta, Andrea ^b   Biagi, Laura ^b   Tosetti, Michela ^b   Fogassi, Leonardo ^e   Cioni, Giovanni ^b,f  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^c S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION OBSERVATION THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMIPLEGIC CEREBRAL PALSY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOTOR CONTROL; PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STUDY DESIGN; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAINING; VIDEORECORDING; ARM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CEREBRAL PALSY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 79959603553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-11-80     Document Type: Article

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