Frequency and age effects of secondary health conditions in individuals with spinal cord injury: A scoping review

Spinal Cord

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 882-892

  Jensen, M P ^a   Truitt, A R ^a   Schomer, K G ^a   Yorkston, K M ^a   Baylor, C ^a   Molton, I R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; depression; pain; pressure ulcer; secondary conditions; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BONE DENSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTRACTURE; DATA BASE; DECUBITUS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ESOPHAGUS; FATIGUE; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; INTERVENTION STUDY; MUSCLE SPASM; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN; PREMATURE AGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PAIN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84890127323     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2013.112     Document Type: Review

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