Community Reintegration in Rehabilitated South Indian Persons With Spinal Cord Injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1117-1121

  Samuelkamaleshkumar, Selvaraj ^a   Radhika, Somasundaram ^a   Cherian, Binu ^a   Elango, Aarumugam ^a   Winrose, Windsor ^a   Suhany, Baby T ^a   Prakash, M Henry ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CRAIG HANDICAP ASSESSMENT AND REPORTING TECHNIQUE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; INTEGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953858180     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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