Comparison of rehabilitation outcomes in violent versus non-violent traumatic SCI

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-36

  McKinley, William ^a   Cifu, David ^a   Keyser Marcus, Lori ^a   Wilson, Kristi ^a  

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

Author keywords

Gunshot wounds; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STAB WOUND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0031599656     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.1998.11719508     Document Type: Review

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