Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 12 , Pages 1628-1635 , December 2007

Psychosocial Subgroups in Persons With Spinal Cord Injuries and Chronic Pain

  • Eva G. Widerström-Noga, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • VA Medical Center, Miami, FL
    • Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
    • Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Eva G. Widerström-Noga, DDS, PhD, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Lois Pope Life Center, PO Box 016906 (R-48), Miami, FL 33101
    • ,
  • Elizabeth Roy Felix, PhD

      Affiliations

    • VA Medical Center, Miami, FL
    • Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
    • ,
  • Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
    • ,
  • Dennis C. Turk, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA.

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 Supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation Research and Development (grant nos. B3070R, B26566C) and The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(07)01564-X

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.09.013

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 12 , Pages 1628-1635 , December 2007

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