Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 2 , Pages 251-259 , February 2008

Conductive Education for Children With Cerebral Palsy: Effects on Hand Motor Functions Relevant to Activities of Daily Living

  • Rainer Blank, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Social Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Child Center Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Rainer Blank, MD, PhD, Child Center Maulbronn, Knittlinger Steige 21, D 75433 Maulbronn, Germany
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  • Rüdiger von Kries, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Social Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Child Center Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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  • Stefan Hesse, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Rehabilitation, Klinik Berlin, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
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  • Hubertus von Voss, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Social Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Child Center Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

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 Supported by the Verband der Deutschen Angestelltenkrankenkassen und des Arbeiterersatzkassenverbandes (Association of the German Health Insurances for Employees and Workers) with its member insurance companies: Barmer Ersatzkasse, Deutsche Angestelltenkrankenkasse, Techniker Krankenkasse, Kaufmännische Krankenkasse, Hamburg-Münchner Krankenkasse, Hanseatische Krankenkasse, Handelskrankenkasse, Schäbisch Gmünder Ersatzkasse, Gärtnerkrankenkasse, Brühler Krankenkasse, Buchdrucker-Krankenkasse, Krankenkasse für Bau- und Holfzberufe, Krankenkasse “Eintracht.”No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(07)01642-5

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.08.138

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 2 , Pages 251-259 , February 2008

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