25 years or more after spinal cord injury: Clinical conditions of individuals in the florence and stockholm areas

Spinal Cord

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 243-246

  Werhagen, L ^a   Aito, S ^b   Tucci, L ^b   Strayer, J ^c   Hultling, C ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b University Hospital   (Italy)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

complications; neuropathic pain; pressure ulcer; SCI; spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECUBITUS; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PARAPLEGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURVIVAL TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857923467     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2011.130     Document Type: Article

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