Are spatiotemporal gait characteristics reliable outcome measures in children with developmental coordination disorder?

Pediatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-50

  Morrison, Stewart C ^a   Ferrari, Jill ^a   Smillie, Sally ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Children's Therapy Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

child; developmental coordination disorder; gait; reliability of results

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCELERATION; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855398601     PISSN: 08985669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEP.0b013e31823dbeed     Document Type: Article

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