Relationship of patient characteristics and rehabilitation services to outcomes following spinal cord injury: The SCIRehab Project

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 484-502

  Whiteneck, Gale ^a   Gassaway, Julie ^b   Dijkers, Marcel P ^c   Heinemann, Allen W ^d   Kreider, Scott E D ^a  

^a CRAIG HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL OUTCOMES RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Paraplegia; Physical; Practice based evidence; Quality of life; Rehabilitation; Social participation; Spinal cord injuries; Spinal cord injury model system; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871511047     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: 20457723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2045772312Y.0000000057     Document Type: Article

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