Intermediate-term outcome of cervical spinal cord-injured patients older than 50 years of age

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1189-1192

  Alander, Dirk H ^a,d   Parker, Jeffrey ^b   Stauffer, E Shannon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b Boone Orthopaedic Associates   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Dickson Diveley Midwest Orthoped C   (United States)

Author keywords

Age older than 50 years; Cervical cord injury; Function; Independence; Life expectancy; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORBIDITY; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030995491     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199706010-00003     Document Type: Article

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