Spinal Cord Injury
Research from S.L. Hitzig and co-researchers in the area of spinal cord injury described
Published in Cardiovascular Week, August 11th, 2008
According to recent research from Toronto, Canada, "This study describes self-reported incidence of secondary health complications (SHCs) and their associations with age, years postinjury (YPI), and impairment among a Canadian spinal cord-injured (SCI) cohort. Cross-sectional telephone survey methods were used to collect data on (1) sociodemographics, (2) impairment, (3) health status, and (4) self-reported SHCs on 781 adults >= 1 yr post-SCI living in Ontario, Canada."
"Logistic regression analyses were used to determine associations between self-reported incidences of SHCs with the following covariates: (1) age, (2) YPI and (3) impairment. The odds ratios for...
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Source: Cardiovascular Week (2008-08-11)
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