The Swedish Aging with Spinal Cord Injury Study (SASCIS): Methodology and initial results

Summary, in English

Advances in acute treatment, physiatric care and rehabilitation have greatly improved survival after spinal cord injury (SCI) and increased longevity. This has led to a need for an in-depth understanding of factors associated with healthy aging in people with long-term SCI.

• Author: Sophie Jörgensen; Susanne Iwarsson; Lizette Norin; Jan Lexell
• Department/s: Rehabilitation medicine; Active and Healthy Ageing Research Group
• Publishing year: 2016
• Language: English
• Pages: 667-677
• Publication/Series: PM&R
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 7
• Full text: - 517 kB; Download statistics
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26548969?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmrj.2015.10.014
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Topic: Other Health Sciences
• Status: Published
• Project: Disability, life satisfaction and physical activity among older adults with long-term spinal cord injury; Home, Health and Disability along the Process of Ageing
• Research group: Rehabilitation medicine; Active and Healthy Ageing Research Group
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1934-1563