Treatment fidelity: Its importance and reported frequency in aphasia treatment studies

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Hinckleya, Jacqueline J ^a   Douglasa, Natalie F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Evidence based practice; Reproducibility of results; Speech language pathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878170627     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2012/12-0092)     Document Type: Article

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