Community ambulation: Perceptions of rehabilitation physiotherapists in rural and regional communities

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-17

  Corrigan, Rosemary ^a   Mcburney, Helen ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PHYSICAL THERAPISTS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 81855190678     PISSN: 09593985     EISSN: 15325040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09593985.2011.558985     Document Type: Article

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