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Carissa Wengrovius1, Cindy Miles, Maria Fragala-Pinkham

  • 1Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Science (Dr Wengrovius), University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont; St. Luke's Hospital, Whitehall Pediatrics-formerly Cindy Miles & Associates (Dr Miles at the time of her passing), Whitehall, Pennsylvania; Department of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy (Dr Fragala-Pinkham), Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; and Department of Physical Therapy and Kinesiology (Dr O'Neil), University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts.

Pediatric Physical Therapy : the Official Publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association
|October 25, 2024
PubMed
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A health promotion and physical wellness (HPPW) life course approach in pediatric physical therapy (PT) can improve children's lifelong health. Therapists can use HPPW strategies to identify risks and promote positive health outcomes.

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