Conductive education - A critical appraisal

Advances in Physiotherapy

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 75-82

  Pedersen, Arve Vorland ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Children; Conductive education

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044385409     PISSN: 14038196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/140381900443337     Document Type: Article

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