Potential impact of orthotic gait exercise on natural killer cell activities in thoracic level of spinal cord-injured patients

Spinal Cord

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 420-424

  Kawashima, N ^a,c   Nakazawa, K ^a   Ishii, N ^b   Akai, M ^a   Yano, H ^a  

^a Department of Motor Dysfunction   (Japan)

^b National Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Natural killer cell activity; Orthotic gait; Secondary disorder; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY COST; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAIT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; ORTHOTICS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 3242806636     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101625     Document Type: Article

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