Exercise therapy and recovery after SCI: Evidence that shows early intervention improves recovery of function

Spinal Cord

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 623-628

  Brown, A K ^a   Woller, S A ^a   Moreno, G ^a   Grau, J W ^a   Hook, M A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

allodynia; contusion; exercise; recovery of function; spinal cord injury; temporal modulation

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAINING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EXERCISE THERAPY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955868532     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2010.167     Document Type: Article

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