The impact of age on mortality, impairment, and disability among adults with acute traumatic spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1707-1717

  Furlan, Julio C ^a,b   Fehlings, Michael G ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Functional recovery; Mortality; Motor recovery; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NATIONAL SPINAL CORD INJURY STUDY SCORE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450176024     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.0888     Document Type: Article

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