Functional performance in young Australian children with achondroplasia

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 944-950

  Ireland, Penelope Jane ^a   Mcgill, James ^b   Zankl, Andreas ^c   Ware, Robert S ^a   Pacey, Verity ^d   Ault, Jenny ^d   Savarirayan, Ravi ^e   Sillence, David ^d   Thompson, Elizabeth M ^f   Townshend, Sharron ^g   Johnston, Leanne Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHONDROPLASIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACHONDROPLASIA; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80052517344     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04050.x     Document Type: Article

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