Rehabilitati on needs assessment in persons with spinal cord injury following the 2010 earth quake in Haiti: A pilot study using an ICF-based tool

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 969-975

  Rauch, Alexandra ^a,b   Baumberger, Michael ^a,b   Moise, Fritz Gerald ^b,c,d   Von Elm, Erik ^e,f   Reinhardt, Jan Dietrich ^a,b,g  

^a SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine   (Switzerland)

^c Haiti Hospital Appeal   (Haïti)

^d Haiti Hospital Appeal ^*  (Haïti)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ICF; Natural disaster; Needs assessment; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84855884923     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0896     Document Type: Article

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