Immediate effects of physical therapy on gait disturbance and frontal assessment battery in Parkinson's disease
β Scribed by Sohmiya, Makoto; Wada, Naoki; Tazawa, Masayuki; Okamoto, Koichi; Shirakura, Kenji
- Book ID
- 121010081
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 121 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1444-1586
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