Standardized ambulation assessments following spinal cord injury

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-60

  Read, Mary Schmidt ^a   Sisto, Sue Ann ^b   Ditunno, John F ^c  

^a Magee Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulation; Ambulatory capacity; Gait; Gait assessment; Locomotion; Outcome measures; SCI FAI; SCIM; Walking assessment; WISCI

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ENDURANCE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE PATIENT; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING;

EID: 49349104536     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1401-39     Document Type: Review

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