Overview
Patient Presents
Social and Medical History
Initial Assessment and Investigations
Diagnosis
Team Members
Acute Management I
Acute Management II
Surgery
Early Rehabilitation
Late Rehabilitation I
Late Rehabilitation II
Discharge
Post-discharge
References
Authors:
Quinette Louw
, PhD, MASP
and
Stephanie Lochner
, BSc
University of the Western Cape
Case Editor:
Carmen Abbott
, PT, MS
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References
On-line
Fact sheet about spinal cord injury
From the National Spinal Cord Injury Association
List of spinal cord resources
NINDS spinal cord injury information page
Research literature and information on spinal cord injuries
From the National Rehabilitation Information Center
Spinal cord injury
From the Mayo clinic.
Spinal cord injury information network
From the University of Alabama--Birmingham.
Spinal cord injuries
From National Library of Medicine's MedlinePlus®.
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