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Living With a Spinal Cord Injury
Citations
National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (2007). Pressure ulcer stages. Available online: http://www.npuap.org/pr2.htm.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2002, reaffirmed 2005). Obstetric management of patients with spinal cord injuries. ACOG Committee Opinion No. 275. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 100(3): 625–627.
National SCI Statistical Center (2008). Spinal cord injury: Facts and figures at a glance. Birmingham, AL: National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center. Available online: http://www.spinalcord.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=116979.
Kalb RG (2003). Getting the spinal cord to think for itself. Archives of Neurology, 60(6): 805–808.
Other Works Consulted
Cardenas DD, et al. (2002). Classification of chronic pain associated with spinal cord injuries. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 83(12): 1708–1714.
Keenan MAE, Mehta S (2006). Spinal cord injury section of Rehabilitation. In HB Skinner, ed., Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Orthopedics, 4th ed., pp. 681–688. New York: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill.
McDonald JW, Becker D (2003). Spinal cord injury: Promising interventions and realistic goals. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 82(10, Suppl): S38–S49.
Winslow C, Rozovsky J (2003). Effect of spinal cord injury on the respiratory system. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 82(10): 803–814.
| By: | Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: February 16, 2011 |
| Medical Review: | Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine Nancy Greenwald, MD - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | |
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