Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 6 , Pages 745-750 , June 2007

Predicting Walking at Discharge From Inpatient Rehabilitation After a Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

Presented in part to the 5th Conference of the Asian Spinal Cord Network, December 2005, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

  • Elizabeth D. Kay, PT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Spinal Cord Injury Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
    • ,
  • Anne Deutsch, RN, PhD, CRRN

      Affiliations

    • Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Anne Deutsch, RN, PhD, CRRN, Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 345 E Superior St, Onterie Center, Chicago, IL 60611-4496
    • ,
  • Lisa Ann Wuermser, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
    • Acute Spinal Cord Injury Program, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.03.013

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 6 , Pages 745-750 , June 2007

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