Ambulation and balance outcomes measure different aspects of recovery in individuals with chronic, incomplete spinal cord injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1553-1564

  Forrest, Gail F ^a,b   Lorenz, Douglas J ^c   Hutchinson, Karen ^g   Vanhiel, Leslie R ^h   Basso, D Michele ⁱ   Datta, Somnath ^c   Sisto, Sue Ann ^j   Harkema, Susan J ^d,e,f  

^a KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c School of Public Health Information Sciences (SPHIS)   (United States)

^d Kentucky Spinal Cord Research Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^f Frazier Rehab Institute   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h SHEPHERD CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

10 meter walk.; 6 minute walk; Berg Balance Scale; Locomotor training; Modified functional reach; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INCOMPLETE SPINAL CORD INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION CENTER; SCORING SYSTEM; SITTING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDING; TREADMILL; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WALKING;

EID: 84865601968     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.08.051     Document Type: Article

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