The consequences of increasing age and duration of injury upon the wheelchair posture of men with tetraplegia

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 347-349

  Amsters, Delena ^a,c   Nitz, Jenny ^b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Spinal Outreach Team   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Posture measurement; Spinal cord injuries; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

BONE; DISEASES; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; WHEELCHAIRS;

AGEING; POSTURE MEASUREMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TETRAPLEGIA;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PELVIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINE; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 33751059076     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MRR.0b013e328010f540     Document Type: Article

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