A systematic review of interventions for children with cerebral palsy: State of the evidence

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 885-910

  novak, Iona ^a,b   Mcintyre, Sarah ^a,b   Morgan, Catherine ^a,b   Campbell, Lanie ^b   Dark, Leigha ^a   Morton, Natalie ^a   Stumbles, Elise ^a   Wilson, Salli Ann ^a   Goldsmith, Shona ^a,b  

^a Cerebral Palsy Alliance   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BACLOFEN; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BOTULINUM TOXIN; DANTROLENE; DIAZEPAM; PHENOL; TIZANIDINE; VITAMIN D;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; CAST APPLICATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTEXT FOCUSED THERAPY; CONTRACTURE; DECISION MAKING; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; GASTROSTOMY; GOAL DIRECTED TRAINING; HAND SURGERY; HIP SURGERY; HIPPOTHERAPY; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; JEJUNOSTOMY; MASSAGE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; MUSCLE TRAINING; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL THERAPY; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; ORTHOTICS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARENT COUNSELING; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PLASTER CAST; PLAY THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPASTICITY; SPLINTING; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; STRETCHING EXERCISE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883766363     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12246     Document Type: Review

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