Impact of Favorite Stimuli on the Behavior of Persons with Multiple Disabilities while Using a Treadmill

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 304-309

  Lancioni, Giulio E ^a   Singh, Nirbhay N ^b   O'Reilly, Mark F ^c   Oliva, Doretta ^d   Campodonico, Francesca ^d   Groeneweg, Jop ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d Lega F D'Oro Research Center   (Italy)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; DISABILITY; FITNESS; HAPPINESS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; STIMULATION; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 2442558197     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x0409800505     Document Type: Article

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