Sitting balance and effects of kayak training in paraplegics

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 110-116

  Grigorenko, Anatoli ^a   Bjerkefors, Anna ^a   Rosdahl, Hans ^a   Hultling, Claes ^b   Alm, Marie ^b   Thorstensson, Alf ^a  

^a Univ Coll Phys Educ and Sports   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Paraplegia; Sitting balance; Spinal cord injury; Training

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; SITTING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPORT; STANDARD; TRAINING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPORTS;

EID: 2442671771     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16501970310020401     Document Type: Article

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