Effects of trunk impairments on manual wheelchair propulsion among individuals with a spinal cord injury: A brief overview and future challenges

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 59-70

  Gagnon, Dany ^a,b   Verrier, Mary ^b,c   Masani, Kei ^d   Nadeau, Sylvie ^a,b   Aissaoui, Rachid ^e   Popovic, Milos ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION OF GREATER MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e TELUQ University   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Movement; Paraplegia; Postural balance; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Task performance and analysis; Tetraplegia; Upper extremity; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARM MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORCE; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SHOULDER; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRUNK; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 70349653972     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1502-59     Document Type: Review

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