Walking ability at discharge from inpatient rehabilitation in a cohort of non-traumatic spinal cord injury patients

Spinal Cord

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 763-768

  Sturt, R N ^a,d   Holland, A E ^b   New, P W ^a,c  

^a Caulfield Hospital   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CAULFIELD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mobility limitation; Non traumatic spinal cord injury; Outcome assessment; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PARALYSIS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 70349747034     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2009.36     Document Type: Article

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