Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 6 , Pages 758-761 , June 2007

The Relationship Between Basal Metabolic Rate and Femur Bone Mineral Density in Men With Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

Presented in part to the 20th National Congress of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2005, Bodrum, Turkey.

  • Bilge Yilmaz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Turkish Armed Forces Rehabilitation Center, Ankara, Turkey
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Bilge Yilmaz, MD, TSK Rehabilitasyon Merkezi, 06530 Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Evren Yasar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Turkish Armed Forces Rehabilitation Center, Ankara, Turkey
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  • A. Salim Goktepe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Turkish Armed Forces Rehabilitation Center, Ankara, Turkey
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey
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  • M. Erkut Onder, MD

      Affiliations

    • Turkish Armed Forces Rehabilitation Center, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Ridvan Alaca, MD

      Affiliations

    • Turkish Armed Forces Rehabilitation Center, Ankara, Turkey
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Kamil Yazicioglu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Turkish Armed Forces Rehabilitation Center, Ankara, Turkey
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Haydar Mohur, MD

      Affiliations

    • Turkish Armed Forces Rehabilitation Center, Ankara, Turkey
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey

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 Supported by Turkish Armed Forces Rehabilitation Center, Ankara, Turkey.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(07)00174-8

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.02.037

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 6 , Pages 758-761 , June 2007

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