Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 10 , Pages 1376-1381 , October 2006

Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography: Measurement Sensitivity in Persons With and Without Spinal Cord Injury

,Accepted 6 July 2006.

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 Supported by the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (grant no. R01-HD 39445), the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, and the Foundation for Physical Therapy Inc (scholarship).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.

PII: S0003-9993(06)00843-4

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.07.257

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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