Clinical predictors of recovery after blunt spinal cord trauma: Systematic review

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1431-1443

  Al Habib, Amro F ^a   Attabib, Najmedden ^b   Ball, Jonathon ^c   Bajammal, Sohail ^d   Casha, Steve ^e   Hurlbert, R John ^f  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Royal North Shore and North Shore Private Hospitals   (Australia)

^d UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA); blunt spinal cord injury; Spinal Cord Independence Measure (SCIM); traumatic spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE GM1; MEPREDNISONE; MINOCYCLINE; NIMODIPINE; PLACEBO; STEROID;

AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ATELECTASIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BREATHING; CENTRAL CORD SYNDROME; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; EDEMA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; PAIN; PARAPLEGIA; PNEUMONIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SMOKING; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENDON REFLEX; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960822348     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.1157     Document Type: Review

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