Cerebral Palsy — Intensive Home-based Bimanual and Lower-limb Training in Young Children With Hemiplegia
Citation(s)
Charles J, Gordon AM Development of hand-arm bimanual intensive training (HABIT) for improving bimanual coordination in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2006 Nov;48(11):931-6. Review.
Ferre CL, Brandão MB, Hung YC, Carmel JB, Gordon AM Feasibility of caregiver-directed home-based hand-arm bimanual intensive training: a brief report. Dev Neurorehabil. 2015 Feb;18(1):69-74. doi: 10.3109/17518423.2014.948641. Epub 2014 Sep 2.
Gordon AM, Schneider JA, Chinnan A, Charles JR Efficacy of a hand-arm bimanual intensive therapy (HABIT) in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy: a randomized control trial. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2007 Nov;49(11):830-8.
Intensive Home-based Bimanual and Lower-limb Training in Young Children With Hemiplegia
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