Stretch interventions for contractures

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Katalinic, Owen M ^a   Harvey, Lisa A ^b   Herbert, Robert D ^c   Moseley, Anne M ^d   Lannin, Natasha A ^d   Schurr, Karl ^e  

^a Greater Newcastle Sector   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTRACTURE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; JOINT; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE STRETCHING; OSCILLATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT POSITIONING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPLINTING; STROKE; SUBLUXATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55049124997     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007455     Document Type: Review

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