How can movement quality be promoted in clinical practice? A phenomenological study of physical therapist experts.
Background. In recent years, physical therapists have paid greater attention to body awareness. Clinicians have witnessed the benefits of supporting their patients' learning of movement awareness through the promotion of their movement quality. Objective. The aim of this study was to investigate how...
| Publicado en: | Physical Therapy Vol. 90; no. 10; pp. 1479 - 1493 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Oct2010
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