Factors associated with contractures in acute spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 405-408

  Dalyan, M ^a,b   Sherman, A ^a   Cardenas, D D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Contractures; Paraplegia; Spinal cord injury; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LIMB FRACTURE; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; ULCER;

EID: 0031805688     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100620     Document Type: Article

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