"Crutches" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Wooden or metal staffs designed to aid a person in walking. (UMDNS,1999)
| Descriptor ID |
D003446
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.858.442.281
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| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Crutches" by people in Profiles.
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Ditunno JF, Barbeau H, Dobkin BH, Elashoff R, Harkema S, Marino RJ, Hauck WW, Apple D, Basso DM, Behrman A, Deforge D, Fugate L, Saulino M, Scott M, Chung J. Validity of the walking scale for spinal cord injury and other domains of function in a multicenter clinical trial. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2007 Nov-Dec; 21(6):539-50.
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Ditunno JF, Scivoletto G, Patrick M, Biering-Sorensen F, Abel R, Marino R. Validation of the walking index for spinal cord injury in a US and European clinical population. Spinal Cord. 2008 Mar; 46(3):181-8.