A Comparison of Solo and Multiplayer Active Videogame Play in Children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy

Games for Health Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 287-293

  Howcroft, Jennifer ^a   Fehlings, Darcy ^a   Wright, Virginia ^a   Zabjek, Karl ^a   Andrysek, Jan ^a   Biddiss, Elaine ^a  

^a University of Toronto   (Canada)

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EID: 84993985127     PISSN: 2161783X     EISSN: 21617856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2012.0015     Document Type: Article

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