Managing upper limb hypertonicity: Factors influencing therapists decisions

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 373-378

  Rassafiani, Mehdi ^a   Ziviani, Jenny ^c   Rodger, Sylvia ^a   Dalgleish, Lenard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARM MUSCLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; ENDURANCE; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAND MOVEMENT; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST ATTITUDE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 33748362390     PISSN: 03080226     EISSN: 14776006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030802260606900805     Document Type: Review

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