Effects of gender on inpatient rehabilitation outcomes in the elderly with incomplete paraplegia from nontraumatic spinal cord injury

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 379-386

  Kay, Elizabeth ^a,c   Deutsch, Anne ^a,c   Chen, David ^a,b,c   Semik, Patrick ^a   Rowles, Diane ^a,c  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Degenerative spinal disease, spinal tumor or vascular ischemia; Disability; Elderly; Gender; Myelopathy; Outcomes, paraplegia; Rehabilitation, physical; Spinal cord injuries, nontraumatic

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE DISEASE;

EID: 78449274688     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2010.11689716     Document Type: Article

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