Walking during daily life can be validly and responsively assessed in subjects with a spinal cord injury

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-124

  Van Hedel, Hubertus J A ^a   Dietz, Volker ^a   Meiners, T ^b   Benito, J ^c   Abel, R ^d   Meindl, R ^e   Marcus, O ^f   Rohl K ^g   Thietje, R ^h   Gerner, H J ⁱ   Harms, J ^j   Potulski, M ^k   Maier, D ^k   Duysens, J ^l   Bussel, B ^m   Kriz, J ⁿ   Al Khodairy, A ^o   Kaps, H P ^p   Kalke, Y B ^q  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Werner Wicker Klinik   (Germany)

^c University Institute affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona   (Spain)

^d Krankenhaus Hohe Warte Bayreuth   (Germany)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^f Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main   (Germany)

^g BG KLINIKEN BERGMANNSTROST   (Germany)

^h BG Unfallkrankenhaus   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^j SRH Klinikum Karlsbad Langenstein Bach   (Germany)

^k BG UNFALLKLINIK MURNAU   (Germany)

^l Universital Medical Centre Nijmegen   (Netherlands)

^m RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

^o SUVA   (Switzerland)

^p Berufsgenossenschaftlichen Unfallklinik Tubingen   (Germany)

^q Rehabilitationskrankenhaus Ulm gGmbH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Spinal cord independence measure; Traumatic SCI; Walking speed; WISCI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VALIDITY; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 58849134895     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968308320640     Document Type: Article

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