The effect of footrests on sitting balance in paraplegic subjects

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 642-648

  Janssen Potten, Yvonne J ^a,b   Seelen, Henk A ^a,c   Drukker, Jan ^a   Spaans, Frank ^a   Drost, Maarten R ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Adelante Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balance; Foot; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVICE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; REFLEX; SITTING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0036257739     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2002.32437     Document Type: Article

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