Activity and Fitness in Spinal Cord Injury: Review and Update

Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 147-157

  Sisto, Sue Ann ^a   Evans, Nick ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHEPHERD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Health; Human physical conditioning; Physical fitness; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018159199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21674833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40141-014-0057-y     Document Type: Review

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