The applicability of four clinical methods to evaluate arm and hand function in all stages of spinal muscular atrophy type II

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 36, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 2120-2126

  Werlauff, Ulla ^a   Steffensen, Birgit Fynbo ^a  

^a The Danish National Rehabilitation Center for Neuromuscular Diseases   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arm; Hand; Outcome assessments; Spinal muscular atrophy; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; CHILD; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; CHILD; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 84916631524     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2014.892157     Document Type: Article

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