Abstract
Understanding the patient population and common risk factors that result in spinal cord injury (SCI) and prevention of these injuries is essential to individual treatment, healthcare policy and advocacy for this population. This chapter will focus on the epidemiology, risk factors and prevention of spinal cord injuries.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | The Essential Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Question Bank |
Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
Pages | 9-23 |
Number of pages | 15 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783031077968 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783031077951 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2022 |
Keywords
- Epidemiology
- Prevention
- Risk factors
- Spinal cord injury
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine