Level walking and ambulatory capacity in persons with incomplete spinal cord injury: Relationship with muscle strength

Spinal Cord

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 156-162

  Kim, C M ^a,b   Eng, J J ^a,b,c   Whittaker, M W ^a  

^a GF STRONG REHABILITATION CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Intl Collaboration Repair D   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gait; Locomotion; Manual muscle test; Muscle strength; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WALKING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING;

EID: 1642524417     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101569     Document Type: Article

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