Life impacts following reconstructive hand surgery for tetraplegia

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 90-97

  Sinnott, Anne ^a,b   Brander, Penny ^a   Siegert, Richard ^a   Rothwell, Alastair ^c,d   De Jong, Gerben ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Burwood Academy of Independent Living   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d BURWOOD HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^e NATIONAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand surgery; ICF; Outcomes; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CASE REPORT; FOREARM TENDON TRANSFER SURGERY; GROUNDED THEORY; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 70349656971     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1502-90     Document Type: Article

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