Pediatric arm function test: Reliability and validity for assessing more-affected arm motor capacity in children with cerebral palsy

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1060-1069

  Uswatte, Gitendra ^a,b   Taub, Edward ^a   Griffin, Angi ^b   Rowe, Jan ^a   Vogtle, Laura ^a   Barman, Joydip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Department of Physical Therapy ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cerebral Palsy; Function; Upper Extremity

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ARM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84870013961     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e318269ec76     Document Type: Article

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