Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 6 , Pages 741-748 , June 2006

Changes in Physical Capacity During and After Inpatient Rehabilitation in Subjects With a Spinal Cord Injury

  • Janneke A. Haisma, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Janneke A. Haisma, MD, Dept of Rehabilitation Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Johannes B. Bussmann, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam
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  • Henk J. Stam, MD, PhD, FRCP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam
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  • Tebbe A. Sluis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Rijndam Rehabilitation Center, Rotterdam
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  • Michael P. Bergen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Rijndam Rehabilitation Center, Rotterdam
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  • Annet J. Dallmeijer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam
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  • Sonja de Groot, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
    • Rehabilitation Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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  • Lucas H. van der Woude, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
    • Rehabilitation Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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 Supported by the Health Research and Development Council of The Netherlands (grant nos. 1435.0003, 1435.0025).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.02.032

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 6 , Pages 741-748 , June 2006

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