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Mobile Arm Supports: Evidence-Based Benefits and Criteria for Use

Michal Atkins, Jane McMullin Baumgarten, Yuriko Yasuda, Rodney H. Adkins, Robert L. Waters, Pierre Leung, Philip S. Requejo

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine · 2008 · 41 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

Mobile arm supports allow persons with C4-C5 tetraplegia to engage in activities that they otherwise cannot perform with their arms.

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