Home aids and personal assistance 10-45 years after spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 405-412

  Biering Sorensen T ^a,b   Hansen, R B ^a   Biering Sorensen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Home aids; Paraplegia; Personal assistance; Spinal cord injury; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED; COMPUTER; DENMARK; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67349096022     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2008.132     Document Type: Article

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