Power mobility training for a 7-month-old infant with spina bifida

Pediatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 362-368

  Lynch, Amy ^a,b   Ryu, Ji Chul ^a   Agrawal, Sunil ^b   Galloway, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Mechanical Systems Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; DISABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOMETRY; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHEELCHAIR;

COGNITION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 74249103237     PISSN: 08985669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEP.0b013e3181bfae4c     Document Type: Article

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