Community-based group aquatic programme for individuals with multiple sclerosis: A pilot study

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 720-728

  Salem, Yasser ^a   Scott, Anne Hiller ^a   Karpatkin, Herbert ^b   Concert, George ^a   Haller, Leah ^a   Kaminsky, Eva ^a   Weisbrot, Rivky ^a   Spatz, Eugene ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

aquatic therapy; community programmes; exercises; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMMUNITY CARE; DISABLED PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DISABLED PERSONS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 79953655871     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2010.507855     Document Type: Article

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