Ambulation and complications related to assistive devices after spinal cord injury

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 652-659

  Saunders, Lee L ^a   Krause, James S ^a   DiPiro, Nicole D ^a   Kraft, Sara ^a   Brotherton, Sandra ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulation; Assistive devices; Cane; Fatigue; Outcomes; Pain; Spinal cord injuries; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CANE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUTCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODIFIED FATIGUE IMPACT SCALE ABBREVIATED VERSION 5; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UNITED STATES; WALKING AID; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 84888313468     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: 20457723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2045772312Y.0000000082     Document Type: Article

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