Use of simple exercise tools by students with multiple disabilities: Impact of automatically delivered stimulation on activity level and mood

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-178

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

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d LEGA F D ORO RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activity; Automatically delivered simulation; Exercise tools; Mood; Multiple disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 3542994547     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JODD.0000026614.37905.eb     Document Type: Article

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