Cross-cultural validation of the Persian version of the Manual Ability Classification System for children with cerebral palsy

International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-24

  Riyahi, Azade ^a   Rassafiani, Mehdi ^a   Akbarfahimi, Nazila ^a   Sahaf, Robab ^a   Yazdani, Farzaneh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Manual ability; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872225931     PISSN: 17411645     EISSN: 1759779X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijtr.2013.20.1.19     Document Type: Article

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