UP-BEAT (Upper Limb Baby Early Action-observation Training): Protocol of two parallel randomised controlled trials of action-observation training for typically developing infants and infants with asymmetric brain lesions

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Guzzetta, Andrea ^a,b   Boyd, Roslyn N ^b   Perez, Micah ^b   Ziviani, Jenny ^b,c   Burzi, Valentina ^a   Slaughter, Virginia ^b   Rose, Stephen ^b,d   Provan, Kerry ^b   Findlay, Lisa ^c   Fisher, Imogen ^c   Colombini, Francesca ^a   Tealdi, Gessica ^a   Marchi, Viviani ^a   Whittingham, Koa ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION OBSERVATION TRAINING; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; ECHOGRAPHY; EFFECT SIZE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HEMIPLEGIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOMALACIA; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84875049067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002512     Document Type: Article

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