Comparison of gait performance on different environmental settings for patients with chronic spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 331-334

  Olmos, L E ^a   Freixes, O ^a   Gatti, M A ^a   Cozzo, D A ^a   Fernandez, S A ^a   Vila, C J ^a   Agrati, P E ^a   Rubel, I F ^a  

^a FLENI   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Community walking; Environmental effect on gait; Gait assessment; Gait performance; Gait training; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDURANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43049091948     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3102132     Document Type: Article

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