Transfer Techniques

Spinal Cord Injuries: Management and Rehabilitation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 185-209

  Koontz, Alicia ^a   Druin, Erica ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Adventist Rehabilitation Hospital of Maryland   (United States)

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EID: 84882484906     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-032300699-6.10008-5     Document Type: Chapter

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