The effectiveness of occupational therapy and physiotherapy in multiple sclerosis patients with ataxia of the upper limb and trunk

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 277-282

  Jones, L ^a   Lewis, Y ^a   Harrison, J ^a,b   Wiles, C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEEDING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; TIME; TRUNK; WALKING;

EID: 0029910895     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026921559601000403     Document Type: Article

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