A Clinical Review of the Adult Hip Guidance Orthosis (Para Walker) in Traumatic Paraplegics

Paraplegia

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 19-26

  Summers, B N ^a   McClelland, M R ^a   El Masri, W S ^a  

^a ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Para Walker (Adult hip guidance orthosis); Paraplegia; Spinal injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PARAPLEGIA; WALKERS;

EID: 0023931655     PISSN: 00311758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1988.6     Document Type: Article

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