Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 8 , Pages 1468-1473 , August 2008

Objective Measures of Neighborhood Environment and Self-Reported Physical Activity in Spinal Cord Injured Men

  • Huifang Liang, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
    • Takeda Global Research and Development Center Inc, Deerfield, IL.
    • ,
  • Kristin Tomey, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
    • ,
  • David Chen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Spinal Cord Injury Acute Care and Rehabilitation, Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
    • ,
  • Nina L. Savar, BA

      Affiliations

    • Great Cities Urban Data Visualization Program and Lab, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
    • ,
  • James H. Rimmer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
    • ,
  • Carol L. Braunschweig, PhD, RD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Carol L. Braunschweig, PhD, RD, Dept of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois, 1919 W Taylor St, Room 650 (M/C 517), Chicago, IL 60612

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 Supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, National Institutes of Health (grant no. R03HS011277-01).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. At the time of the study, Liang was not an employee of Takeda.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.01.017

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 8 , Pages 1468-1473 , August 2008

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