Case report: Schizophrenia discovered during the patient interview in a man with shoulder pain referred for physical therapy

Physiotherapy Canada

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 308-315

  Shah, Nirtal ^a   Nakamura, Yuka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Patient interview; Physical therapy assessment; Psychiatric disorder; Referral source; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349301586     PISSN: 03000508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/physio.62.4.308     Document Type: Article

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