Does upper-limb muscular demand differ between preferred and nonpreferred sitting pivot transfer directions in individuals with a spinal cord injury?

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1099-1108

  Gagnon, Dany ^a,b,c,d   Koontz, Alicia M ^a,c   Brindle, Eric ^a,c   Boninger, Michael L ^a,b,c   Cooper, Rory A ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Elbow; Electromyography; Paraplegia; Rehabilitation; Shoulder; Spinal cord injury; Task analysis; Task performance; Tetraplegia; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TASK ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UPPER LIMBS;

DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; JOB ANALYSIS; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY HEIGHT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SITTING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; WHEELCHAIR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UPPER EXTREMITY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77249155556     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2009.02.0012     Document Type: Article

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