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Is Level of Injury a Determinant of Quality of Life Among Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury? A Tertiary Rehabilitation Center Report

Amir Tavakoli, Mohammad Kavian, Samira Chai Bakhsh, Mahsa Ghajarzadeh, Maryam Shabany, Manijeh Yazdanshenas Ghazwin, Sahar Latifi

Oman Medical Journal · 2016 · 13 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

Patients with SCI at the cervical level have similar mental health compared to those with injury at thoracolumbar sections, which shows proper mental adaptability in quadriplegic individuals. Injury level can be used as a major determinant of the physical component of QOL among people with SCI.

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