Factors associated with the development of pressure ulcers after spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 899-903

  Eslami, V ^a   Saadat, S ^a   Habibi Arejan, R ^b   Vaccaro, A R ^c   Ghodsi, S M ^a   Rahimi Movaghar, V ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Rehabilitation Office   (Iran)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

age; pressure ulcer; spinal cord injury; time since injury

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECUBITUS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESSURE ULCER; QUADRIPLEGIA; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870916903     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2012.75     Document Type: Article

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