Shoulder Pain: A Comparison of Wheelchair Athletes and Nonathletic Wheelchair Users

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1958-1961

  Fullerton, Heather D ^a   Borckardt, Jeffrey J ^b   Alfano, Alan P ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Disabled; Exercise; Spinal cord injury; Sports

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAINING; WHEELCHAIR;

EXERCISE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPORTS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0345098287     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000099082.54522.55     Document Type: Article

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