Designing rehabilitation programs for neglect: Could 2 be more than 1+1?

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-106

  Saevarsson, Styrmir ^a,b,c   Halsband, Ulrike ^a   Kristjánsson, Árni ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

classification scheme; sequential and combined designs; therapeutic designs; unilateral neglect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; REHABILITATION;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION;

EID: 79958699563     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09084282.2010.547774     Document Type: Article

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