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Epilepsy Action Australia.
Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria - Sports and leisure.
References used for this fact sheet
- Elliott JO, Seals BF & Jacobson MP, 2007, ‘Use of the Precaution Adoption Process Model to examine predictors of osteoprotective behaviour in epilepsy’, British Epilepsy Association, Elsevier, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 424–437. More information here.
- Wong J & Wirrell E, 2006, ‘Physical activity in children/teens with epilepsy compared with that in their siblings without epilepsy’, US National Library of Medicine, vol 47, no. 3, pp. 631–639. More information here.
- Living Well with Epilepsy, Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria, Australia. More information here.
- Sports and Activities, Epilepsy Action Australia. More information here.
- Wong J & Wirrell E, 2006, ‘Physical activity in children/teens with epilepsy compared with that in their siblings without epilepsy’, US National Library of Medicine, vol 47, no. 3, pp. 631–639. More information here.
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