Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 4 , Pages 427-433 , April 2007

Community Participation After Spinal Cord Injury

  • Christine Carpenter, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiotherapy and Dietetics, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Christine Carpenter, PhD, Dept of Physiotherapy and Dietetics, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Priory St, Coventry, CV1 5FB UK
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  • Susan J. Forwell, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Occupational Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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  • Lyn E. Jongbloed, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Occupational Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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  • Catherine L. Backman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Occupational Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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 Supported by the Rick Hansen Man-in-Motion Foundation − BC Neurotrauma Initiative Community grant.

 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.

 Reprints are not available from the author.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.12.043

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 4 , Pages 427-433 , April 2007

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