Vital capacity in tetraplegics twenty years and beyond

Spinal Cord

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 139-144

  Tow, A M P E ^a   Graves, D E ^b   Carter, R E ^b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Respiratory; Spinal cord injury; Tetraplegia; Vital capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SMOKING; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY VENTILATION; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATION; SEX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SMOKING; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRACHEAL STENOSIS; TRACHEOTOMY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0035053456     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101136     Document Type: Article

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