Study examines the health status of persons as they age who had spinal cord injuries many years ago. Health status data collected yearly on persons (N= 11,117) who had a traumatic spinal cord injuries between 1973 and 1989 is analyzed. The most significant predictor of health status is current ...
This study investigated the suspicion that a significant proportion of individuals having spinal cord injury (SCI) also sustain a concomitant undiagnosed occult head injury during the trauma accident. The criteria for high risk of head injury included the following: (1) quadriplegia with high energy deceleration accident, (2) loss of ...