
Robert J Smit PT
Physical Therapist
436 44th St Se Grand Rapids MI, 49548About
Robert Smit is a physical therapist practicing in Grand Rapids, MI. Robert Smit specializes in physical treatment to help a patient reduce pain, restore mobility, rehabilitate an injury, or increase movement and overall function. As a physical therapist, Robert Smit can treat multiple conditions with exercises, ultrasound, electrical stimulation, joint mobilization, heat, ice, massage, laser or light therapy and more. Robert Smit will create a treatment plan based on the patients specific injury or condition, and might target a specific body part or body system based on the individual.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The Diepkloff nutrition and health study on Bantu boys, South Africa; final evaluation and conclusions.
- The Diepkloof nutrition and health study on Bantu boys, South Africa; clinical findings in relation to serum vitamin A and total carotenoids, total blood vitamin C, and a group of liver function tests.
- A food balance sheet for the Union of South Africa.
- A survey of wheat and maize consumption in Bantu urban areas. (1949).
- An epidemiological survey of an outbreak of typhoid in the districts of Umtata, Mqanduli and Engcoba.
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