Improvements in hand function after intensive bimanual training are not associated with corticospinal tract dysgenesis in children with unilateral cerebral palsy

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 232, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2001-2009

  Friel, Kathleen M ^a,b,c,d   Kuo, Hsing Ching ^c,d   Carmel, Jason B ^a,b,e   Rowny, Stefan B ^d   Gordon, Andrew M ^c,d  

^a Burke Cornell Medical Research Institute   (United States)

^b FEIL FAMILY BRAIN AND MIND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimanual training; Corticospinal; Motor development; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRAINING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902545587     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-014-3889-x     Document Type: Article

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