Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 6 , Pages 1016-1022 , June 2008

Influence of Hand Cycling on Physical Capacity in the Rehabilitation of Persons With a Spinal Cord Injury: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

  • Linda J. Valent, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Heliomare Rehabilitation Center, Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Linda J. Valent, MSc, Rehabilitation Center Heliomare, Relweg 51, Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands 1949 EC
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  • Annet J. Dallmeijer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Han Houdijk, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Heliomare Rehabilitation Center, Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands
    • Research Institute MOVE, Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Hans J. Slootman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Heliomare Rehabilitation Center, Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands
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  • Marcel W. Post, PhD

      Affiliations

    • De Hoogstraat Rehabilitation Center and Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neuroscience, University Medical Hospital Utrecht, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Lucas H. van der Woude, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute MOVE, Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Amsterdam Rehabilitation Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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 Supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Health, Research and Development ZON-MW (grant nos. 014-32-012, 14350003).

 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(08)00140-8

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.10.034

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 6 , Pages 1016-1022 , June 2008

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