Angular kinematics of the gait of children with Down's syndrome after intervention with hippotherapy;Comportamento angular do andar de crianças com síndrome de Down após intervenção com equoterapia

Revista Brasileira de Fisioterapia

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 503-507

  Copetti, Fernando ^a   Mota, C B ^b   Graup, S ^b   Menezes, K M ^a   Venturini, E B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Down's syndrome; Gait; Horseback riding therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449090138     PISSN: 14133555     EISSN: 18099246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-35552007000600013     Document Type: Article

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