Development of clinical guidelines for the prescription of orthoses in patients with neurological disorders in The Netherlands

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-43

  Hijmans, J M ^a   Geertzen, J H B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Neurological disorders; Orthoses; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; ELBOW; FOOT ORTHOSIS; HAND; HUMAN; INTERNET; KNEE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NETHERLANDS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHOSIS; ORTHOTICS; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WORKSHOP;

CONSENSUS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INTERNET; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NETHERLANDS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRESCRIPTIONS, NON-DRUG;

EID: 33646846832     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03093640500533232     Document Type: Article

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