Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 3 , Pages 430-434 , March 2008

Daily Physical Activity and Heart Rate Response in People With a Unilateral Traumatic Transtibial Amputation

Presented in part to the European Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, May 20, 2006, Madrid, Spain.

  • Johannes B. Bussmann, PhD

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Rijndam Rehabilitation Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
    • ,
  • Henk J. Stam, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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 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 authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(07)01802-3

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.11.012

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 3 , Pages 430-434 , March 2008

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