Association of spasticity and life satisfaction after spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 990-994

  Westerkam, D ^a   Saunders, L L ^b   Krause, J S ^b  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

life satisfaction; quality of life; spasticity; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLOBAL SATISFACTION; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REPORTED IMPACT OF SPASTICITY MEASURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SATISFACTION; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL SATISFACTION;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 80052393138     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2011.49     Document Type: Article

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