Rehabilitation of Patients with Nontraumatic Spinal Cord Injury in the Netherlands: Etiology, Length of Stay, and Functional Outcome
Author(s) -
Jolien Vervoordeldonk,
Marcel W. M. Post,
Peter W. New,
Floris van Asbeck
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1945-5763
pISSN - 1082-0744
DOI - 10.1310/sci1903-195
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , interquartile range , rehabilitation , spinal cord injury , physical therapy , retrospective cohort study , surgery , spinal cord , psychiatry
Patients with nontraumatic spinal cord injury (NTSCI) are different from patients with traumatic spinal cord injury. A better understanding of the characteristics of NTSCI and their influence on length of stay (LOS) and functional outcome might help professionals in planning rehabilitation and predicting outcomes in NTSCI.
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