Hippotherapy

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 843-854

  Meregillano, Gary ^a  

^a Livermore Div Bldg 62 M/S   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COORDINATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EXERCISE; GAIT; HORSEBACK RIDING; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; LIMB DEFORMITY; LOW BACK PAIN; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPORT; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CEREBRAL PALSY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HORSES; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 5344252357     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2004.02.002     Document Type: Review

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