Randomised controlled trial of improvisational music therapy's effectiveness for children with autism spectrum disorders (TIME-A): Study protocol

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Geretsegger, Monika ^a,b   Holck, Ulla ^a   Gold, Christian ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FAMILY COUNSELING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSIC THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; ECONOMICS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMMUNICATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; HUMANS; MUSIC THERAPY; SAMPLE SIZE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855400743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-2     Document Type: Article

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