The swimming test is effective for evaluating spasticity after contusive spinal cord injury

• Youngjae Ryu,

  Affiliations Department of Veterinary Surgery, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Rehabilitation for the Movement Functions, Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center, Saitama, Japan

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• Toru Ogata ,

  * E-mail: toogata-tky@umin.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation for the Movement Functions, Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center, Saitama, Japan

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• Motoshi Nagao,

  Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation for the Movement Functions, Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center, Saitama, Japan

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• Taku Kitamura,

  Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation for the Movement Functions, Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center, Saitama, Japan

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• Kazuhito Morioka,

  Affiliations Department of Rehabilitation for the Movement Functions, Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center, Saitama, Japan, Department of Neurosurgery, Brain and Spinal Injury Center, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Yoshinori Ichihara,

  Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation for the Movement Functions, Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center, Saitama, Japan

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• Toru Doi,

  Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation for the Movement Functions, Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center, Saitama, Japan

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• Yasuhiro Sawada,

  Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation for the Movement Functions, Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center, Saitama, Japan

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• Masami Akai,

  Affiliations Department of Rehabilitation for the Movement Functions, Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center, Saitama, Japan, Graduate School, International University of Health and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan

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• Ryohei Nishimura,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Surgery, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Naoki Fujita

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Surgery, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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