Activity and participation after spinal cord injury: State-of-the-art report

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 155-174

  Ullrich, Philip M ^a,b   Spungen, Ann M ^c   Atkinson, Darryn ^d   Bombardier, Charles H ^b   Chen, Yuying ^e   Erosa, Norma A ^f   Groer, Shirley ^c   Ottomanelli, Lisa ^c   Tulsky, David S ^g  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research Memorial Hermann   (United States)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Disability; Employment; Functioning; Measurement; Outcomes; Participation; Quality of life; Rehabili tation; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; FUNCTIONING; OUTCOMES; PARTICIPATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; MEASUREMENTS; RESEARCH; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL VALUE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84863293696     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 19381352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2010.06.0108     Document Type: Review

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