Hypertonia Assessment Tool: Reliability and Validity in Children with Neuromotor Disorders

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 132-138

  Marsico, Petra ^a   Frontzek Weps, Victoria ^a,b   Balzer, Julia ^a   Van Hedel, Hubertus J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cerebral palsy; dystonia; measurement; psychometric properties; spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT VALIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERTONIA ASSESSMENT TOOL; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SPASTICITY; COMPLICATION; LOWER LIMB; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE); UPPER LIMB; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATING; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85006489826     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073816671681     Document Type: Article

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