A systematic review of exercise training to promote locomotor recovery in animal models of spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1600-1613

  Battistuzzo, Camila R ^a   Callister, Robert J ^b   Callister, Robin ^b   Galea, Mary P ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

exercise; locomotion; recovery; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBASE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RAT; SAMPLE SIZE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STUDY DESIGN; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; EXERCISE THERAPY; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84861989734     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2011.2199     Document Type: Article

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