PM&R
Volume 2, Issue 6 , Pages 504-513 , June 2010

Effects of Etiology on Inpatient Rehabilitation Outcomes in 65- to 74-Year-Old Patients With Incomplete Paraplegia From a Nontraumatic Spinal Cord Injury

  • Elizabeth Kay, PT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 345 East Superior Street, O-964, Chicago, IL 60611; and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL†
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to E.K.
    • ,
  • Anne Deutsch, RN, PhD, CRRN

      Affiliations

    • Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, and Institute for Health Care Studies, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL‡
    • ,
  • David Chen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Spinal Cord Injury Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago; Spinal Cord Injury Program, Northwestern Memorial Hospital; and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL§
    • ,
  • Larry Manheim, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Health Care Studies, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
    • ,
  • Diane Rowles, MS, ACNP-BC, CRRN

      Affiliations

    • Spinal Cord Injury Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago; and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL∥

Received 1 October 2009 ,Accepted 5 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.03.010

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