Rehabilitative functional outcome of patients with neoplastic spinal cord compression

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 892-895

  McKinley, William O ^a   Conti Wyneken, Andrea R ^a   Vokac, Charles W ^a   Cifu, David X ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PROSTATE TUMOR; SELF CARE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029787409     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(96)90276-2     Document Type: Article

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