Effects on age on spinal cord lesion patients' rehabilitation

Spinal Cord

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 457-464

  Scivoletto, G ^a   Morganti, B ^a   Ditunno, P ^b   Ditunno, J F ^c   Molinari, M ^a,d  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age; Outcome; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; JOINT MOBILITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD LESION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0043091893     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101489     Document Type: Article

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