Locomotor treadmill training for children with cerebral palsy

Orthopaedic Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 169-173

  Mattern Baxter, Katrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONTINUING EDUCATION; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; WALKING;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; WALKING;

EID: 77953107186     PISSN: 07446020     EISSN: 1542538X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NOR.0b013e3181db5441     Document Type: Article

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