Does singing and vocal strengthening improve vocal ability in people with Parkinson’s disease?

Arts and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 199-212

  Tanner, Merrill ^a   Rammage, Linda ^b   Liu, Lili ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

choral; Parkinson; sing; vocal; Voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945206912     PISSN: 17533015     EISSN: 17533023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2015.1088047     Document Type: Article

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