Facilitating the sit-to-stand transfer: a review

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 213-224

  Munro, Bridget J ^a   Steele, Julie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

ARM RESTS; CHAIR HEIGHT; EJECTOR CHAIR; ELDERLY; SIT TO STAND

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343837185     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/ptr.1998.3.4.213     Document Type: Review

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