Relationship between motor FIM and muscle strength in lower cervical-level spinal cord injuries

Spinal Cord

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 533-540

  Beninato, M ^a   O'Kane, K S ^b   Sullivan, P E ^a  

^a MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

^b Visiting Nurses Assoc of Gtr Salem   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional independence measure; Impairments; Manual muscle test; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UNITED STATES; WRIST;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS;

EID: 4644227771     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101635     Document Type: Article

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