Comparison of speeds used for the 15.2-meter and 6-minute walks over the year after an incomplete spinal cord injury: The SCILT Trial

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 302-306

  Barbeau, H ^d   Elashoff, R ^b   Deforge, D ^e   Ditunno, J ^c   Saulino, M ^c   Dobkin, B H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Multiple sclerosis; Randomized clinical trial; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury; Stroke; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; WALKING;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING;

EID: 34249893928     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968306298937     Document Type: Article

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