Pilates for people with multiple sclerosis who use a wheelchair: Feasibility, efficacy and participant experiences

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 932-939

  Van Der Linden, Marietta L ^a   Bulley, Catherine ^a   Geneen, Louise J ^a   Hooper, Julie E ^b   Cowan, Paula ^c   Mercer, Thomas H ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Slateford Medical Centre Edinburgh Community Physiotherapy Service   (United Kingdom)

^c Kenilworth Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exercise; Multiple sclerosis; Pilot study; Postural stability; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHEELCHAIR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 84901934418     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2013.824035     Document Type: Article

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