A multi-site study of functional outcomes following a themed approach to hand-arm bimanual intensive therapy for children with hemiplegia

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 527-533

  Green, Dido ^a,b,c   Schertz, Mitchell ^d   Gordon, Andrew M ^e   Moore, Amarlie ^b   Schejter Margalit, Tamara ^d   Farquharson, Yvonne ^f   Ben Bashat, Dafna ^d   Weinstein, Maya ^d   Lin, Jean Pierre ^b   Fattal Valevski, Aviva ^d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^f GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSISTING HAND ASSESSMENT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDREN HAND EXPERIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GROUP DYNAMICS; HAND ARM BIMANUAL INTENSIVE THERAPY; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; ISRAEL; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ARM; CHILD; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HAND; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR SKILLS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876865303     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12113     Document Type: Article

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