Executive functioning in children with unilateral cerebral palsy: Protocol for a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Bodimeade, Harriet L ^a   Whittingham, Koa ^a   Lloyd, Owen ^b   Boyd, Roslyn N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOUR RATING INVENTORY OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIS KAPLAN EXECUTIVE FUNCTION SYSTEM; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONALITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; REY COMPLEX FIGURE TEST AND THE TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

EID: 84877777897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002500     Document Type: Article

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