• DOI:10.1080/140381900443337
Corpus ID: 72746835

Conductive Education - A Critical Appraisal

@article{Pedersen2000ConductiveE,
  title={Conductive Education - A Critical Appraisal},
  author={A. V. Pedersen},
  journal={Advances in Physiotherapy},
  year={2000},
  volume={2},
  pages={75 - 82}
}

• A. V. Pedersen
• Published 2000
• Medicine
• Advances in Physiotherapy

Conductive education (CE) in the treatment of children with cerebral palsy (CP), it is claimed, promotes independent motor functioning as well as having a positive effect on the development of a number of other skills. Such claims have excited the media, parents and professionals alike to campaign for the introduction of CE into the healthcare system. An appraisal of the (few) available studies evaluating CE, however, failed to produce empirical support for such claims. Conductive education… Expand

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