The Assessment of Walking Capacity Using the Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury: Self-Selected Versus Maximal Levels

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 762-767

  Kim, Myeong Ok ^a   Burns, Anthony S ^b   Ditunno Jr , John F ^b   Marino, Ralph J ^b  

^a Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcome assessment (health care); Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Walking

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WALKING AID; WALKING SPEED; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING;

EID: 34249005821     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.03.021     Document Type: Article

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