Energy cost and physical strain of daily activities in adolescents and young adults with myelomeningocele

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 672-677

  Bruinings, A L ^a   van den Berg Emons, H J G ^a   Buffart, L M ^a   van der Heijden Maessen, H C M ^b   Roebroeck, M E ^a   Stam, H J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Rijnlands Rehabilitation Center   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PEER GROUP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING SPEED; WHEELCHAIR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WALKING; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 34548208221     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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