Outcomes for young children with disabilities associated with the use of partial, body-weight-supported, treadmill training: an evidence-based review

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 179-189

  Laforme Fiss, Alyssa C ^a   Effgen, Susan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

CHILDREN; DISABILITIES; PBWSTT; TREADMILL TRAINING

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249116775     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/108331906X144073     Document Type: Article

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