Cruciate paralysis, hypothesis for injury and recovery

Spinal Cord

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 120-125

  Hatzakis Jr , M ^a   Bryce, N ^b   Marino, R ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Central cord syndrome; Cruciate paralysis; Functional; Outcome; Recovery; Sci; Spinal cord injury; Tetraparesis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRUCIATE PARALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LEG DISEASE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 0034065674     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100778     Document Type: Article

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