Clinical tools that measure sitting posture, seated postural control or functional abilities in children with motor impairments: A systematic review

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 994-1004

  Field, Debra ^a,b   Livingstone, Roslyn ^a  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

child rehabilitation; Measurement; posture; systematic review; wheelchair

Indexed keywords

BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; CHILD REHABILITATION; DISABILITY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WHEELCHAIR;

CHILD REHABILITATION; MEASUREMENT; POSTURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WHEELCHAIR;

CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 84885762415     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215513488122     Document Type: Review

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