Aquatic Therapy: Scientific Foundations and Clinical Rehabilitation Applications

PM and R

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 859-872

  Becker, Bruce E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ALGORITHM; AQUATIC EXERCISE; AQUATIC THERAPY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DENSITY; FIBROMYALGIA; GERIATRIC CARE; HEART REHABILITATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN; PARKINSONISM; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THERMOREGULATION; TRAINING; VISCOSITY; WATER IMMERSION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OSTEOPOROSIS; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; WATER;

EID: 70349216534     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.05.017     Document Type: Article

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