Assessment of unsupported sitting in patients with spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 838-843

  Jorgensen V ^a   Elfving, B ^b   Opheim, A ^a,b  

^a SUNNAAS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

agreement; outcome assessment; sitting balance; spinal cord injury; unsupported sitting; validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIVE ADDITIONAL MOBILITY AND LOCOMOTOR ITEM; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD FOR NEUROLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF SPINAL CORD INJURY; MALE; MOTOR ASSESSMENT SCALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SITTING BALANCE SCORE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTURE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959896868     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2011.9     Document Type: Article

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