Cardiovascular health and exercise rehabilitation in spinal cord injury

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 98-122

  Warburton, Darren E R ^a,b   Eng, Janice J ^a,b,c   Krassioukov, Andrei ^a,b   Sproule, Shannon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON REPAIR DISCOVERIES   (Canada)

^c GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre   (Canada)

^d GF STRONG REHABILITATION CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Exercise rehabilitation; Fitness; Glucose homeostasis; Lipid lipoproteins; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 34250903046     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1301-98     Document Type: Review

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