Exercise and Fitness with Spinal Cord Injury

Spinal Cord Injuries: Management and Rehabilitation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 430-454

  Gater, David R ^a,b  

^a HUNTER HOLMES MCGUIRE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-032300699-6.10018-8     Document Type: Chapter

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