Body awareness therapy in persons with stroke: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1180-1188

  Lindvall, Mialinn A ^a,b   Forsberg, Anette ^a,b  

^a Orebro County Council   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body awareness therapy; physiotherapy; postural control; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESTHESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; STROKE; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; SELF CONCEPT; STROKE; SWEDEN; WALKING;

EID: 84921668455     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215514527994     Document Type: Article

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