Publications

Research Publications

Articles by RRTC Staff

Kirshblum SC, Groah SL, McKinley WO, Gittler MS, Stiens SA. (2002). Spinal Cord Injury Medicine: Etiology, classification, and acute medical management. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 83(3) Suppl1: S50-S57.

McKinley WO, Gittler MS, Kirshblum SC, Stiens SA, Groah SL. (2002). Spinal Cord Injury Medicine: Medical complications after spinal cord injury: identification and management. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 83(3) Suppl1: S58-S64.

Gittler MS, McKinley WO, Stiens SA, Groah SL, Kirshblum SC. (2002). Spinal Cord Injury Medicine: Rehabilitation outcomes. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 83(3) Suppl1: S65-S71.

Stiens SA, Kirshblum SC , Groah SL, McKinley WO, Gittler MS. (2002). Spinal Cord Injury Medicine: Optimal participation in life after spinal cord injury: physical, psychosocial, and economic reintegration into the environment. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 83(3) Suppl1: S72-S81.

Groah S, Lanig I. (2000). Neuromusculoskeletal syndromes in wheelchair athletes. Seminars in Neurology, 20(2): 201-207.

Access and Barriers to Care

Beatty PW, Hagglund KJ, Neri MT, Dhont KR, Clark MJ, Hilton SA. (2003). Access to Health Care Services Among People with Chronic or Disabling Conditions: Patterns and Predictors. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 84:1417-1425.

Scheer J, Kroll T, Neri MT , Beatty P. (2003). Access Barriers for Persons with Disabilities: The Consumers' Perspective. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 13(4):221-230.

Kroll T, Neri MT . (2003). Experiences with Care Co-ordination among People with Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, or Spinal Cord Injury. Disability and Rehabilitation, 25(19):1106-1114.

Neri MT , Kroll T. (2003). Understanding the Consequences of Access Barriers to Health Care: Experiences of Adults with Disabilities. Disability and Rehabilitation, 25(2):85-96.

Kroll T, Neri MT. (2004). Use of Primary Prevention Services among Male Adults with Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, or Spinal Cord Injury in Managed Care and Fee-for-Service. Managed Care Quarterly, 12 (3):6-10.

Aging

Groah SL, Stiens SA, Gittler MS, Kirshblum SC , McKinley WO. (2002). Spinal Cord Injury Medicine: Preserving wellness and independence of the aging patient with spinal cord injury: a primary care approach for the rehabilitation medicine specialist. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 83(3) Suppl1: S82-S89.

Groah SL, Weitzenkamp D, Sett P, Soni B, Savic G. (2001). The relationship between neurologic level of injury and symptomatic cardiovascular disease risk in the aging spinal injured. Spinal Cord, 39:310-317.

Bladder Cancer

Groah SL, Weitzenkamp DA, Lammertse DP, Whiteneck GG, Lezotte DC, Hamman RF. (2002). Excess risk of bladder cancer in spinal cord injury: evidence for an association between indwelling catheter use and bladder cancer. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 83(3): 346-351.

Groah SL, Lammertse DP. (2003). Factors associated with survival after bladder cancer in spinal cord injury. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 26: 339-344.

Cardiac

Hamm LF, Kavanagh T, Campbell RB, Mertens DJ, Beyene J, Kennedy J, Shephard RJ. (2004). Timeline for peak improvements during 52 weeks of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, 24:374-382.

Groah S, Menter R. (1998). Long-term cardiac ischemia leading to coronary artery bypass grafting in a tetraplegic patient. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 79:1129-1132.

Violently Acquired Spinal Cord Injury

Kroll T, Beatty PW. (2003). Meeting the Rehabilitation Needs of People with Violently Acquired Spinal Cord Injury (VASCI): An Application of the Relational Model of Disability. Electronic journal of the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Volume 6: http://aabss.org/journal2003/Kroll.htm

Scientific Fact Sheets

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Consumer Publications

Below are our available Consumer Fact Sheets.

You and Your Doctor

Diabetes and SCI

Exercise and SCI

SCI Peer Mentoring

Bladder Cancer and SCI

Cholesterol, Other Fats, and SCI

Coronary Heart Disease and SCI

Osteoporosis and SCI