Functional outcome and discharge destination in elderly patients with spinal cord injuries

Spinal Cord

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-218

  Gulati, A ^a   Yeo, C J ^b   Cooney, A D ^b   McLean, A N ^b   Fraser, M H ^b   Allan, D B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aged; functional outcome; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; FALLING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; NURSING HOME; ORTHOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FRACTURE; THORAX INJURY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 79551687413     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2010.82     Document Type: Article

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