Wavelet Analysis of Skin Blood Oscillations in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury and Able-Bodied Subjects

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1207-1212

  Li, Zengyong ^a   Leung, Jonathan Y ^a   Tam, Eric W ^a   Mak, Arthur F ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Laser Doppler flowmetry; Pressure ulcer; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; HEART CONTRACTION; HUMAN; ISCHIUM; LABORATORY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SEAT; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SPECTROSCOPY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PRESSURE ULCER; RHEOLOGY; SKIN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 33747768576     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.05.025     Document Type: Article

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