Locomotor training progression and outcomes after incomplete spinal cord injury

Physical Therapy

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1356-1371

  Behrman, Andrea L ^a,b   Lawless Dixon, Anna R ^c   Davis, Sandra B ^b   Bowden, Mark G ^b   Nair, Preeti ^f   Phadke, Chetan ^f   Hannold, Elizabeth M ^d   Plummer, Prudence ^a   Harkema, Susan J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH JACKSONVILLE   (United States)

^d Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center   (United States)

^e Frazier Rehab Institute   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Gait; Locomotor training; Recovery; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION IMPAIRMENT SCALE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; GAIT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LOCOMOTOR TRAINING; MALE; MOBILIZATION; ORTHOSIS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAINING; TREADMILL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING AID; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 28544446183     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/85.12.1356     Document Type: Article

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