The stability of the manual ability classification system over time

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 185-189

  Öhrvall, Ann Marie ^a   Krumlinde Sundholm, Lena ^a   Eliasson, Ann Christin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL ABILITY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; APTITUDE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84892484133     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12348     Document Type: Article

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