Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects

Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects
ing it intensively on a short period of time (continuing with the land exercise after
the treatment), may be beneficial in improving the effects and outcome on motor
recovery and function. The limitations of this study are the relatively small study
population and a lack of a control group of patients with stroke who perform intensive
rehabilitation treatment of a similar period of placement, but in a non-thermal
environment (residence, physiotherapy center ...)
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