Neoplastic vs. traumatic spinal cord injury: An inpatient rehabilitation comparison

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 138-144

  McKinley, William O ^a   Huang, Mark E ^a   Tewksbury, Michael A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cancer; Functional Outcome; Neoplastic Spinal Cord Compression; Rehabilitation; Spinal Cord Injury

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING;

FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME; NEOPLASTIC SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARAPLEGIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034074671     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-200003000-00005     Document Type: Article

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