Feasibility of Computer-Based Videogame Therapy for Children with Cerebral Palsy

Games for Health Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 222-228

  Radtka, Sandra ^a   Hone, Robert ^b   Brown, Charles ^b   Mastick, Judy ^a   Melnick, Marsha E ^a   Dowling, Glenna A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Red Hill Studios   (United States)

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EID: 84992755838     PISSN: 2161783X     EISSN: 21617856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2012.0071     Document Type: Article

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