Hand function in children with an upper brachial plexus birth injury: Results of the nine-hole peg test

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 166-169

  Immerman, Igor ^a   Alfonso, Daniel T ^a   Ramos, Lorna E ^b   Grossman, Leslie A ^b   Alfonso, Israel ^b   Ditaranto, Patricia ^b   Grossman, John A I ^a,b  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NINE HOLE PEG TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84855612700     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04120.x     Document Type: Article

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