Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 86, Issue 3 , Pages 498-504 , March 2005

Fracture threshold in the femur and tibia of people with spinal cord injury as determined by peripheral quantitative computed tomography

  • Prisca Eser, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Research, Swiss Paraplegic Centre, Nottwil, Switzerland
    • Eser is currently affiliated with the Centre of Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Health Sciences, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Prisca Eser, PhD, Centre of Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Health Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood 3125, Victoria, Australia
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  • Angela Frotzler, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Research, Swiss Paraplegic Centre, Nottwil, Switzerland
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  • Yvonne Zehnder, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Research, Swiss Paraplegic Centre, Nottwil, Switzerland
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  • Jachen Denoth, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics Laboratory, ETH-Zürich, Schlieren, Switzerland

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 Supported by the Swiss Paraplegic Foundation.No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the author(s) or on any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(04)01241-9

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.09.006

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 86, Issue 3 , Pages 498-504 , March 2005

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