A systematic review of the efficacy of gait rehabilitation strategies for spinal cord injury.

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Published in Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil on January 01, 2007

Authors

Tania Lam1, Janice J Eng, Dalton L Wolfe, Jane T Hsieh, Maura Whittaker, the SCIRE Research Team

Author Affiliations

1: School of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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