Baseline prevalence of heart diseases, hypertension, diabetes, and obesity in persons with acute traumatic spinal cord injury: Potential threats in the recovery trajectory

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 172-182

  Selassie, Anbesaw ^a   Snipe, Leah ^b   Focht, Kendrea L ^a   Welldaregay, Wodajo ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WOFFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c DILLARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetes mellitus; heart disease; hypertension; obesity; spinal cord injure

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TRAUMATIC SPINAL CORD INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEG FRACTURE; LOWER EXTREMITY FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THREAT;

EID: 84881131445     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: 19455763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1903-172     Document Type: Article

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