Move it to improve it (Mitii): Study protocol of a randomised controlled trial of a novel web-based multimodal training program for children and adolescents with cerebral palsy

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Boyd, Roslyn N ^a,b   Mitchell, Louise E ^a,b   James, Sarah T ^a,b   Ziviani, Jenny ^a,b   Sakzewski, Leanne ^a,b   Smith, Anthony ^a   Rose, Stephen ^c   Cunnington, Ross ^a   Whittingham, Koa ^a   Ware, Robert S ^a   Comans, Tracey A ^d   Scuffham, Paul A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Children's Allied Health Research   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF MOTOR AND PROCESS SKILLS; ASSISTING HAND ASSESSMENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; CONGENITAL HEMIPLEGIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; HAND FUNCTION; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERNET BASED MULTIMODAL TRAINING PROGRAM; JEBSEN TAYLOR TEST OF HAND FUNCTION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84877771665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002853     Document Type: Article

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