New approach to study the contents and outcomes of spinal cord injury rehabilitation: The SCIRehab project

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-259

  Whiteneck, Gale ^a   Gassaway, Julie ^b   Dijkers, Marcel ^c   Jha, Amitabh ^a  

^a CRAIG HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL OUTCOMES RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Outcomes research; Practice based evidence; Rehabilitation, physical; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REHABILITATION CENTER; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 68549107749     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2009.11760779     Document Type: Review

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