Coordination of fingertip forces in object transport during gait in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 865-869

  Prabhu, Sandeep B ^a   Diermayr, Gudrun ^a   Gysin, Priska ^a   Gordon, Andrew M ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COORDINATION; FEMALE; FINGERTIP FORCE; FORCE; GAIT; GRIP STRENGTH; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; LETTER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; WALKING;

AGE FACTORS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAIT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 79960945063     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04061.x     Document Type: Letter

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