Seated reach distance and trunk excursion accurately reflect dynamic postural control in individuals with motor-incomplete spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 745-749

  Field Fote, E C ^a   Ray, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

balance; functional reach; limits of stability; postural control

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEATED REACH TEST; SITTING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TRUNK; WHEELCHAIR; WRIST;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UPPER EXTREMITY; WHEELCHAIRS; WRIST;

EID: 77957906131     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2010.11     Document Type: Article

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