Activity-based therapy for recovery of walking in chronic spinal cord injury: Results from a secondary analysis to determine responsiveness to therapy

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2247-2252

  Jones, Michael L ^a   Evans, Nicholas ^a   Tefertiller, Candace ^a,b   Backus, Deborah ^a   Sweatman, Mark ^a   Tansey, Keith ^a,c   Morrison, Sarah ^a  

^a SHEPHERD CENTER   (United States)

^b CRAIG HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise therapy; Gait disorders; Motor activity; Neurologic; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY BASED THERAPY; ADULT; AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION IMPAIRMENT SCALE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; EXERCISE TEST; INJURY SCALE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT SELECTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922481726     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.07.401     Document Type: Article

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