Functional and Clinical Outcomes of Telemedicine in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2332-2341

  Dallolio, Laura ^a   Menarini, Mauro ^b   China, Sandra ^b   Ventura, Manfredi ^c   Stainthorpe, Andy ^a   Soopramanien, Anba ^d   Rucci, Paola ^a   Fantini, Maria Pia ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Medicina e Sanita Pubblica   (Italy)

^b Spinal Cord Unit Montecatone Rehabilitation Institute   (Italy)

^c Centre de traumatologie et de readaptation   (Belgium)

^d SALISBURY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Patient satisfaction; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; BELGIUM; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GROOMING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BELGIUM; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 56849131877     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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