Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 10 , Pages 1958-1964 , October 2008

Evaluation of a Stair-Climbing Power Wheelchair in 25 People With Tetraplegia

  • Isabelle Laffont, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Garches, France
    • Centre d'Innovations Technologiques, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Garches, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Isabelle Laffont, MD, PhD, Unité de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, 104 Blvd Raymond Poincaré, Garches, 92380, France
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  • Bruno Guillon, BSc(PT)

      Affiliations

    • AP-HP, Centre d'essai des fauteuils roulants, Fondation Garches,, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Garches, France
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  • Christophe Fermanian, MD

      Affiliations

    • Centre d'Innovations Technologiques, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Garches, France
    • Unité de Recherche Clinique Paris-Ouest, AP-HP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Boulogne, France
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  • Sophie Pouillot, BSc(OT)

      Affiliations

    • AP-HP, Centre d'essai des fauteuils roulants, Fondation Garches,, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Garches, France
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  • Alexia Even-Schneider, MD

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Garches, France
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  • François Boyer, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Garches, France
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  • Maria Ruquet, CRA

      Affiliations

    • Centre d'Innovations Technologiques, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Garches, France
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  • Philippe Aegerter, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Recherche Clinique Paris-Ouest, AP-HP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Boulogne, France
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  • Olivier Dizien, MD

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Garches, France
    • Deceased.
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  • Frédéric Lofaso, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre d'Innovations Technologiques, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Garches, France

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

PII: S0003-9993(08)00439-5

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.03.008

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 10 , Pages 1958-1964 , October 2008

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