Setting: Acute spine care quaternary center. Participants: All consecutive cases of AST
admitted from January/1996 to December/2007 were included. Interventions: None …

Background The effects of multiple injuries on the neurological and functional outcomes of
patients with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) are debated—some groups have shown that …

Objective To examine the role of residential neighborhood characteristics in accounting for
race disparities in participation among a large sample of community-living adults with …

Objectives: The populations at risk for spinal cord injury (SCI) in the northwestern Kentucky
(KY) and southern Indiana (IN) regions were identified following examination of the causes …

Given the potential effects of age on mortality, impairment, and disability among individuals
with traumatic spinal cord injury [(SCI), we examined these issues using a large …

Background Research has evaluated the effect of surgical timing on patient functional
recovery in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI); however, there is a critical need to …

This commentary reflects on the high rate of health care utilization among individuals with
traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) in the first year of injury as reported by Skelton et al. in the …

Meade MA, Lewis A, Jackson N, Hess DW. Race, employment, and spinal cord injury. Arch
Phys Med Rehabil 2004; 85: 1782-92. OBJECTIVES: To examine issues of employment and …

Objective: To determine the association between spinal cord injury (SCI) etiology categories
and mortality, and examine the association between etiology sub-categories and mortality …

This study used an 11-year nationwide database to analyze the incidence of spinal cord
injury (SCI) in subgroups by age, gender, injury level, etiology, and socioeconomic status …