Assessment of walking speed and distance in subjects with an incomplete spinal cord injury

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 295-301

  Van Hedel, Hubertus J A ^a   Dietz, Volker ^a,b   Curt, Armin ^b,c  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b European Multicenter Study of Human Spinal Cord Injury (EM SCI) Group   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

10 meter walk test; 6 minute walk test; Functional outcome; Gait speed; Prediction; Spinal cord injury; WISCI II

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING;

EID: 34249881900     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968306297861     Document Type: Article

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