Postural control during stance in paraplegia: Effects of medially linked versus unlinked knee-ankle-foot orthoses

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1558-1565

  Middleton, James W ^a,b   Sinclair, Peter J ^b   Smith, Richard M ^b   Davis, Glen M ^b  

^a ROYAL REHABILITATION CENTRE SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDING; WALKING AID;

EID: 0032778532     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(99)90330-1     Document Type: Article

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