Group aquatic aerobic exercise for children with disabilities

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 822-827

  Fragala Pinkham, Maria ^a   Haley, Stephen M ^b   O'neil, Margaret E ^c  

^a Franciscan Hospital for Children   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; AQUATIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INJURY; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

CHILD; DISABLED CHILDREN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; WATER;

EID: 54249114932     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03086.x     Document Type: Article

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