Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 1 , Pages 70-75 , January 2007

Effects of Circuit Resistance Training on Fitness Attributes and Upper-Extremity Pain in Middle-Aged Men With Paraplegia

  • Mark S. Nash, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Surgery, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL
    • Department of Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Mark S. Nash, PhD, Dept of Neurological Surgery, 1095 NW 14th Ter, R-48, Miami, FL 33136.
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  • Ingrid van de Ven, MS

      Affiliations

    • Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
    • ,
  • Niek van Elk, MS

      Affiliations

    • Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
    • ,
  • Brad M. Johnson, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Surgery, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL

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 Supported by the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis.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)01371-2

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.10.003

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 1 , Pages 70-75 , January 2007

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