Locomotor training after human spinal cord injury: A series of case studies

Physical Therapy

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 688-700

  Behrman, Andrea L ^a   Harkema, Susan J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Locomotion; Recovery; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOBILIZATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TRAINING;

EID: 0033937128     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/80.7.688     Document Type: Article

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