Assessment of specific characteristics of abnormal general movements: Does it enhance the prediction of cerebral palsy?

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 751-756

  Hamer, Elisa G ^a   Bos, Arend F ^a   Hadders Algra, Mijna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL GENERAL MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRICAL TONIC NECK REFLEX PATTERN; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAREGIVER; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CRAMPED SYNCHRONIZED MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FIDGETY MOVEMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

CEREBRAL PALSY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 79960090687     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04007.x     Document Type: Article

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