Physical ability in relation to anthropometric measurements in persons with complete spinal cord lesion below the sixth cervical segment.
A study was undertaken to determine the ability of patients with complete tetraplegia below cervical sixth segment to transfer in relation to their anthropometric characteristics. Thirty-six chronic patients were assessed and spasticity was measured. A discriminant function analysis was carried out to assess the extent to which a number of anthropometric and anatomical variables could predict the patients' final ability to effect a transfer. Using nine of the original 23 predictor variables it is possible to correctly classify a patient's eventual ability to transfer in 92% of cases.
Bergström
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Frankel
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Galer
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Haycock
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Jones
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Rose
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010780:Photogrammetry; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*