Pilates: What is it? should it be used in rehabilitation?

Sports Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 352-361

  Di Lorenzo, Christine E ^a  

^a Certified Pilates Instructor   (United States)

Author keywords

Core strengthening; Pilates; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051824563     PISSN: 19417381     EISSN: 19410921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941738111410285     Document Type: Review

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