Effect of wearing an activity monitor on the amount of daily manual wheelchair propulsion in persons with spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 128-133

  Bussmann, J B J ^a   Kikkert, M A ^a,b   Sluis, T A R ^b   Bergen, M P ^b   Stam, H J ^a   Van Den Berg Emons, H J G ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Erasmus MC University Medical Center and Rijndam Rehabilitation Center Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ambulatory monitoring; Methodology; Physical activity; Spinal cord injury; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONITORING; PERSONAL MONITOR; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROTATION; SENSOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WHEELCHAIR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 76649108224     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2009.72     Document Type: Article

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