Changes of tibia bone properties after spinal cord injury: Effects of early intervention

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 214-220

  De Bruin, Eling D ^a   Frey Rindova, Petra ^b   Herzog, Roland E ^a   Dietz, Volker ^b   Dambacher, Maximilian A ^b   Stüssi, Edgar ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0032980896     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(99)90124-7     Document Type: Article

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