Construct validity of the Quality of Upper Extremity Skills Test for children with cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1037-1043

  Thorley, Megan ^a   Lannin, Natasha ^b   Cusick, Anne ^c   Novak, Iona ^d   Boyd, Roslyn ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; FOREARM; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HAND FUNCTION; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF UPPER EXTREMITY SKILLS TEST; RASCH ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84867231980     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04368.x     Document Type: Article

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