Physical treatment interventions for managing spasticity after stroke

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Monaghan, Kenneth ^a   Horgan, Frances ^b   Blake, Catherine ^c   Cornall, Catherine ^d   Hickey, Paula Pm ^e   Lyons, Bernadette E ^f   Langhorne, Peter ^g  

^a Department of Old Age Psychiatry   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d The National Rehabilitation Hospital   (Ireland)

^e SLIGO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^f Belfast   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRACTED ARTICLE;

EID: 85012908081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009188.pub2     Document Type: Article

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