Comparison of lower extremity motor score parameters for patients with motor incomplete spinal cord injury using gait parameters

Spinal Cord

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 529-533

  Shin, J C ^a   Yoo, J H ^a   Jung, T H ^a   Goo, H R ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ambulation; muscle strength; spinal cord injury; three dimensional motion analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY MOTOR INDEX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LOWER EXTREMITY MOTOR SCORE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR INCOMPLETE SPINAL CORD INJURY; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953319578     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2010.158     Document Type: Article

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