Aquatic therapy in pediatrics: annotated bibliography

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Phys Occup Ther Pediatr. 2001;20(4):63-78.

Aquatic therapy in pediatrics: annotated bibliography.

Dumas H, Francesconi S.

Rehabilitation Services, Franciscan Children's Hospital and

Rehabilitation Center, 30 Warren Street, Boston, MA 02135, USA.

" Aquatic therapy " refers to therapeutic intervention taking place in

water. The purpose of this review is to summarize the published

articles in the rehabilitation literature from 1979 through 1999 that

relate to the use of aquatic therapy as an intervention for children

and adolescents with neuromuscular and musculoskeletal diagnoses.

Despite the trend toward evidence-based practice, a paucity of

literature exists related to aquatic therapy for children. Most of the

available articles are case reports and other descriptions of clinical

practice. The research reports are limited in design and scope, and

subjects had a wide variety of ages and diagnoses.