Community reintegration of spinal cord-injured patients in rural south India

Spinal Cord

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 628-632

  Sekaran, P ^a   Vijayakumari, F ^a   Hariharan, R ^a   Zachariah, K ^a   Joseph, S E ^a   Kumar, R K Senthil ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

community reintegration; rural south India; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION; COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTEGRATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL WORKER; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 77955472918     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2010.6     Document Type: Article

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