Incidence and predictors of contracture after spinal cord injurya prospective cohort study

Spinal Cord

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 579-584

  Diong, J ^a   Harvey, L A ^b   Kwah, L K ^a   Eyles, J ^c   Ling, M J ^d   Ben, M ^e   Herbert, R D ^a  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ROYAL REHABILITATION CENTRE SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

contracture; epidemiology; multivariate modeling; range of motion; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELBOW; HIP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOINT CONTRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; SHOULDER; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WRIST;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACTURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JOINTS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TORQUE;

EID: 84864722049     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2012.25     Document Type: Article

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