Wheelchair configuration and postural alignment in persons with spinal cord injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 528-534

  Hastings, Jennifer D ^a,b   Fanucchi, Elaine Rogers ^a   Burns, Stephen P ^a,c  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Rehabilitation; Shoulder; Spinal cord injuries; Spine; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; NECK; PAIN; PELVIC GIRDLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0037390003     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2003.50036     Document Type: Article

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