Treadmill walking in incomplete spinal-cord-injured subjects: 2. Factors limiting the maximal speed

Spinal Cord

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 271-279

  Pepin A ^a   Ladouceur, M ^b   Barbeau, H ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Jewish Rehab Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gait; Speed; Spinal cord injury; Treadmill walking

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GAIT; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WALKING;

EID: 0038823864     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101453     Document Type: Article

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