Qualitative postural analysis among boys and girls of seven to ten years of age

Revista Brasileira de Fisioterapia

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 386-391

  Penha, Patricia Jundi ^a,b   Casarotto, R A ^a   Sacco, I C N ^a   Marques, A P ^a   Joao S M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child; Evaluation; Gender; Physical therapy (specialty); Posture

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149237176     PISSN: 14133555     EISSN: 18099246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-35552008000500008     Document Type: Article

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