Maintenance of locomotor abilities following Laufband (treadmill) therapy in para- and tetraplegic persons: Follow-up studies

Spinal Cord

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 744-749

  Wernig, A ^a   Nanassy, A ^b   Muller S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Karlsbad Langensteinbach   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laufband; Locomotion; Paraplegic; Spinal cord; Tetraplegic; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD LESION; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WALKING;

EID: 0031792661     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100670     Document Type: Article

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