Showering habits: Time, steps, and products used after brain injury

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 641-645

  Reistetter, Timothy A ^a,b   Chang, Pei Fen J ^c   Abreu, Beatriz C ^b,d  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Transitional Learning Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Brain injuries; Habits; Self care; Stroke; Task performance analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350339404     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.63.5.641     Document Type: Conference Paper

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