Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 9 , Pages 1733-1740 , September 2008

Changes and Determinants of Life Satisfaction After Spinal Cord Injury: A Cohort Study in The Netherlands

  • Casper F. van Koppenhagen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Rehabiliation Centre De Hoogstraat, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Casper F. van Koppenhagen, MD, De Hoogstraat Rehabilitation Center Utrecht, PO Box 85238, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 3583 TM
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  • Marcel W. Post, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Rehabiliation Centre De Hoogstraat, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Luc H. van der Woude, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Free University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Luc P. de Witte, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Rehabilitation Research, Hoensbroek, The Netherlands
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  • Floris W. van Asbeck, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Rehabiliation Centre De Hoogstraat, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Sonja de Groot, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Free University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Wim van den Heuvel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Rehabilitation Research, Hoensbroek, The Netherlands
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  • Eline Lindeman, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Rehabiliation Centre De Hoogstraat, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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 Supported by the Health Research and Development Council of the Netherlands (grant no. 1435.0003).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.12.042

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 9 , Pages 1733-1740 , September 2008

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