Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 4 , Pages 602-608 , April 2008

Sensory Stimulation Augments the Effects of Massed Practice Training in Persons With Tetraplegia

Preliminary results of this study were presented to the American Paraplegia Society, September 2005, in Las Vegas, NV.

  • Kristina S. Beekhuizen, PhD, PT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, FL
    • Department of Physical Therapy, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
    • ,
  • Edelle C. Field-Fote, PhD, PT

      Affiliations

    • The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Edelle C. Field-Fote, PhD, PT, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1095 NW 14 Ter (R-48), Miami, FL 33136.

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 Supported by The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, FL.

 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)01814-X

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.11.021

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 4 , Pages 602-608 , April 2008

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