Aquatic therapy for a child with type III spinal muscular atrophy: A case report

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 313-324

  Salem, Yasser ^a   Jaffee Gropack, Stacy ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic therapy; physical therapy; rehabilitation; spinal muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEREDITARY SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD;

EID: 77958037874     PISSN: 01942638     EISSN: 15413144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01942638.2010.493097     Document Type: Article

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