Occupational therapists' decision-making in the management of clients with upper limb hypertonicity

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-115

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Clinical reasoning; Social judgement theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINGER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPASTICITY; WRIST;

EID: 46949109831     PISSN: 11038128     EISSN: 16512014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11038120701645425     Document Type: Article

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