Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 86, Issue 6 , Pages 1170-1175 , June 2005

Exercise Prescription in Subjects With Spinal Cord Injuries

  • Emiliana Bizzarini, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ergonomics & Occupational Therapy, Spinal Unit, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Institute, Udine
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Emiliana Bizzarini, M. Ergonomia & Terapia Occupazionale; Unità Spinale; Istituto di Medicina Fisica e Riabilitazione, Azienda per i Servizi Sanitari No. 4 Medio Friuli, via Gervasutta 48, 33100 Udine, Italia
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  • Marsilio Saccavini, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ergonomics & Occupational Therapy, Spinal Unit, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Institute, Udine
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  • Federica Lipanje, MD

      Affiliations

    • School of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Trieste, Trieste
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  • Paolo Magrin, MD

      Affiliations

    • School of Sport Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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  • Cristina Malisan, PT

      Affiliations

    • Ergonomics & Occupational Therapy, Spinal Unit, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Institute, Udine
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  • Agostino Zampa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ergonomics & Occupational Therapy, Spinal Unit, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Institute, Udine

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.11.014

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 86, Issue 6 , Pages 1170-1175 , June 2005

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