Rehabilitation outcomes following traumatic spinal cord injury in a tertiary spinal cord injury centre: A comparison with an international standard

Spinal Cord

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 489-498

  Chan, S S S ^a   Chan, A P S ^a  

^a TAI PO HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

American Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine; Asia classification; Functional independence Measures; Functional outcomes; Length of stay; Traumatic spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23944463421     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101743     Document Type: Article

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