Incidence of symptomatic autonomic dysreflexia varies according to the bowel and bladder management techniques in patients with spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-54

  Furusawa, K ^a   Tokuhiro, A ^a   Sugiyama, H ^a   Ikeda, A ^a   Tajima, F ^b   Genda, E ^c   Uchida, R ^d   Tominaga, T ^e   Tanaka, H ^f   Magara, A ^g   Sumida, M ^h  

^a Kibikogen Rehabilitation Center for Employment Injuries   (Japan)

^b WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Rosai Rehabilitation Engineering Center   (Japan)

^d Uchida Rehabilitation Orthopedic Clinic   (Japan)

^e YAMAGUCHI ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f CHUBU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^h KANSAI ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

cardiovascular conditions; neurogenic bladder; neurogenic bowel; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; BLADDER AND BOWEL MANAGEMENT; BLUNT TRAUMA; CARDIOVASCULAR REFLEX; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEFECATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEMALE; GENDER; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION REFLEX; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPORT INJURY; THORACIC SPINE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URETER STONE; URETHRAL CATHETERIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC;

EID: 78651308099     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2010.94     Document Type: Article

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