Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 11 , Pages 2086-2093 , November 2008

Shoulder Ultrasound Abnormalities, Physical Examination Findings, and Pain in Manual Wheelchair Users With Spinal Cord Injury

  • Steven W. Brose, DO

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Steven W. Brose, DO, Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3471 Fifth Ave, Ste 201, Pittsburgh PA 15213
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  • Michael L. Boninger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Human Engineering Research Laboratories, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Bradley Fullerton, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Patient-Physician Partnership, Austin, TX
    • Children's Hospital of Austin, Austin, TX
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  • Thane McCann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
    • Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Jennifer L. Collinger, BSE

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Human Engineering Research Laboratories, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Bradley G. Impink, BSE

      Affiliations

    • Human Engineering Research Laboratories, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Trevor A. Dyson-Hudson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Spinal Cord Injury Research, Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Center, West Orange, NJ
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ

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 Supported by the Veterans Affairs Center of Excellence for Wheelchairs and Associated Rehabilitation (grant no. B3142C), the National Science Foundation (grant no. DGE0333420), the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation (grant no. H133N000019), and the Paralyzed Veterans of America.

 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.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.05.015

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 11 , Pages 2086-2093 , November 2008

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