Treatment of a brachial plexus injury using kinesiotape and exercise

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 490-496

  Walsh, Sharon Fleming ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FINDLAY   (United States)

^b Blanchard Valley Regional Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETIC TAPE; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ATHLETIC TAPE; BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 77956569999     PISSN: 09593985     EISSN: 15325040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09593980903578872     Document Type: Article

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