Contractures complicating spinal cord injury: Incidence and comparison between spinal cord centre and general hospital acute care

Paraplegia

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1985, Pages 265-271

  Yarkony, Gary M ^a   Bass, L Mitchell ^a   Keenan, Vernon ^a   Meyer, Paul R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contractures; Paraplegia; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTRACTURE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; REHABILITATION CENTER; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THERAPY;

ADULT; ARM; CHICAGO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0022373207     PISSN: 00311758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1985.43     Document Type: Article

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