A modern interpretation of the Rood Approach

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 195-212

  Metcalfe, Alison Baily ^a   Lawes, Nigel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

NEUROFACILITATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; ROOD; SENSORY STIMULATION; STROKE REHABILITATION; TREATMENT RATIONALE

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942925404     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/ptr.1998.3.4.195     Document Type: Review

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