Mental practice for relearning locomotor skills

Physical Therapy

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 240-251

  Malouin, Francine ^a,b   Richards, Carol L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; DISABILITY; GAIT; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; WALKING;

AMPUTATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

EID: 76349121085     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20090029     Document Type: Review

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