Innovative strategies for improving upper extremity function in tetraplegia and considerations in measuring functional outcomes

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 75-93

  Bryden, Anne M ^a   Sinnott, K Anne ^b   Mulcahey, M J ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

ICF; International Classification of Function; Outcomes measurement; Tetraplegia; Upper extremity surgery

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUSCLE INNERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34249999146     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/LN94-NMVK-59V3-CC1F     Document Type: Review

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