Outcomes in patients admitted for rehabilitation with spinal cord or cauda equina lesions following degenerative spinal stenosis

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 884-889

  Ronen, Jacob ^a,b   Goldin, Diana ^c   Itzkovich, Malka ^a,b   Bluvshtein, Vadim ^a   Gelernter, Ilana ^b   Livshitz, Arkady ^d   Folman, Yoram ^b,e   Catz, Amiram ^a,b  

^a LOEWENSTEIN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cauda equina lesions; Length of stay; Recovery; Spinal cord lesion; Spinal stenosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL CORD LESION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL TIME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

CAUDA EQUINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POLYRADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22744453241     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280500030886     Document Type: Article

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