Continuing professional development is associated with increasing physical therapists' roles in arthritis management in canada and the netherlands

Physical Therapy

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 629-642

  Li, Linda C ^a,b   Hurkmans, Emalie J ^c   Sayre, Eric C ^a   Vliet Vlieland, Thea P M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CENTRE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77950968671     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20080409     Document Type: Conference Paper

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