Investigation of factors associated with manual wheelchair mobility in persons with spinal cord injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 484-490

  Oyster, Michelle L ^a,b   Karmarkar, Amol M ^c   Patrick, Mary ^d   Read, Mary Schmidt ^d   Nicolini, Lori ^d   Boninger, Michael L ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community participation; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VELOCITY; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 79952061379     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.09.025     Document Type: Article

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