Short Communication Open Access
Volume 2 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.46439/rehabilitation.2.006
Is insufficient knowledge of epilepsy among Physiotherapists the reason for less exercise prescription for epileptic patients?
Abdulsalam Mohammed Yakasai1,2,*, Musa Sani Danazumi3, Jibril Mohammed Nuhu3, Mannir Kassim4
- 1Department of Physiotherapy, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban, South Africa
- 2Medical Rehabilitation Therapists Board of Nigeria, kano Zonal office, Nigeria
- 3Department of Physiotherapy College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria
- 4Medical Rehabilitation Therapists Board of Nigeria, Bauchi Zonal office, Nigeria
Corresponding Author
Abdulsalam Mohammed Yakasai, abdulpeace1@gmail.com
Received Date: August 18, 2020
Accepted Date: December 17, 2020
Yakasai AM, Danazumi MS, Nuhu JM, Kasim M. Is insufficient knowledge of epilepsy among Physiotherapists the reason for less exercise prescription for epileptic patients?. J Rehabil Res Pract 2021; 2(1):1-3.
Copyright: © 2021 Yakasai AM, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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