Loss of independent limb control in childhood hemiparesis is related to time of brain injury onset

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 455-463

  Sukal Moulton, Theresa ^a,b   Murray, Theresa M ^a,b   Dewald, Julius P A ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arm coordination; Cerebral palsy; Childhood hemiparesis; Childhood hemiplegia; Mirror movements

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ARM; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELBOW; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LIMB; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TORQUE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOVEMENT; PARESIS;

EID: 84877055902     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-012-3385-0     Document Type: Article

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