PMID: 2092593Jan 1, 1990Paper

Dominant use of the left hand by athetotic cerebral palsied children

Brain & Development
K YokochiA Hosoe

Abstract

Hand preference was studied in 57 children with athetotic cerebral palsy. A left-sided preference was seen in 61% of the subjects. In more severely affected children for whom the possible cause was asphyxia, the left-sided preference was especially common. The perinatal brain damage causing athetosis may affect a motor system controlling movement on the right side more severely.

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Dec 1, 1983·Cortex; a Journal Devoted to the Study of the Nervous System and Behavior·N A Badian

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Jan 15, 2005·Perceptual and Motor Skills·Helmut Niederhofer
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