The state of the evidence for intensive upper limb therapy approaches for children with unilateral cerebral palsy

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1077-1090

  Sakzewski, Leanne ^a   Gordon, Andrew ^b   Eliasson, Ann Christin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

constraint induced movement therapy; efficacy; hand arm intensive bimanual training; hemiplegia; review

Indexed keywords

ARM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; PROGRAM FEASIBILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; ENDURANCE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; KINESIOTHERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; EXERCISE THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84904659589     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073814533150     Document Type: Review

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