Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 12 , Pages 2285-2292 , December 2008

Change in Life Satisfaction of Adults With Pediatric-Onset Spinal Cord Injury

Presented in part to Shriner's Hospital for Children, Howard H. Steel Conference, Lake Buena Vista, FL, November 29, 2006 to December 2, 2006, and to the American Spinal Injury Association, Tampa Bay, FL, May 30, 2007 to June 2, 2007.

  • Yuying Chen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Yuying Chen, MD, PhD, Spain Rehabilitation Center, Room 515, 619 19th St South, Birmingham, AL 35249-7330
    • ,
  • Caroline J. Anderson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Shriners Hospital for Children, Chicago, IL
    • ,
  • Lawrence C. Vogel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Shriners Hospital for Children, Chicago, IL
    • Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL
    • ,
  • Kathleen M. Chlan, BA

      Affiliations

    • Shriners Hospital for Children, Chicago, IL
    • ,
  • Randal R. Betz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Shriners Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA
    • ,
  • Craig M. McDonald, MD

      Affiliations

    • Shriners Hospital for Children, Sacramento, CA
    • University of California, Davis, CA

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 Supported by Shriners Hospitals for Children (grant no. 9190).

 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.

PII: S0003-9993(08)01477-9

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.06.008

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 12 , Pages 2285-2292 , December 2008

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