An eye for movement quality: A phenomenological study of movement quality reflecting a group of physiotherapists' understanding of the phenomenon

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-27

  Skjaerven, Liv H ^a   Kristoffersen, Kjell ^b   Gard, Gunvor ^c  

^a BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXPERIENCE; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOVEMENT QUALITY; MOVEMENT QUALITY MODEL; NEUROLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOSOMATICS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOVEMENT; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; OBSERVATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 39749158401     PISSN: 09593985     EISSN: 15325040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01460860701378042     Document Type: Article

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