Enhancement of Operational Efficiencies for People With High Cervical Spinal Cord Injuries Using a Flexible Integrated Pointing Device Apparatus

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 866-873

  Chen, Chia Ling ^a   Chen, Hsieh Ching ^b   Cheng, Pao Tsai ^a   Chen, Chih Yong ^c   Chen, Huang Chung ^a   Chou, Shih Wei ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computers; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER MOUSE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REHABILITATION CENTER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; SOFTWARE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33646800197     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.02.025     Document Type: Article

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