Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 8 , Pages 1492-1498 , August 2008

Computer and Internet Use by Persons After Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

  • Naomi Goodman, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Naomi Goodman, MPH, Dept of Psychiatry, Boston University Medical Campus, 715 Albany St, Boston, MA 02118
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  • Alan M. Jette, PT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Health and Disability Research Institute, Boston University, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Bethlyn Houlihan, MPH, MSW

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine, New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA.
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  • Steve Williams, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine, New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA.

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 Supported by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, National Model Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems, U.S. Department of Education (grant no. H133N060024).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)00321-3

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.12.038

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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