Motor impairment factors related to brain injury timing in early hemiparesis, part I: Expression of upper-extremity weakness

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-23

  Sukal Moulton, Theresa ^a,b   Krosschell, Kristin J ^a   Gaebler Spira, Deborah J ^a,c   Dewald, Julius P A ^a,b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

arm weakness; cerebral palsy; childhood hemiparesis; childhood hemiplegia; hemiplegia; isometric strength

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTION; ADULT; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; FINGER; GRIP STRENGTH; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; LOADING TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOULDER; TORQUE; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

ARM WEAKNESS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILDHOOD HEMIPARESIS; CHILDHOOD HEMIPLEGIA; HEMIPLEGIA; ISOMETRIC STRENGTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARESIS; TORQUE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84890940578     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968313500564     Document Type: Article

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