Daily intermittent hypoxia enhances walking after chronic spinal cord injury A randomized trial

Neurology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 104-113

  Hayes, Heather B ^a   Jayaraman, Arun ^b,c   Herrmann, Megan ^b   Mitchell, Gordon S ^d   Rymer, William Z ^b,c   Trumbower, Randy D ^a,e,f  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f SHEPHERD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; DIAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; HYDROCODONE; PREGABALIN; TIZANIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDURANCE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; ANOXIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANOXIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891871137     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000437416.34298.43     Document Type: Article

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