A 6-month evaluation of a clinical specialist physiotherapist’s role in a fracture clinic

Physiotherapy Practice and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-15

  Moloney, Aoife ^a   Dolan, Mark ^a   Shinnick, Liz ^a   Murphy, Maire ^a   Wallace, Lorraine ^a  

^a Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Clinical specialist physiotherapist (CSp); European working time directive (EWTD); Fracture clinic

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013578348     PISSN: 22130683     EISSN: 22130691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/PPR-2009-30104     Document Type: Article

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