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2 Ibid.

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6 Kirshblum SC et al. Spinal Cord Injury Medicine. 3. Rehabilitation phase after acute Spinal Cord Injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007; 88 (Suppl 1): S62-70

7 Galvin LR, Godfrey HPD. The impact of coping on emotional adjustment to spinal cord injury (SCI): review of the literature and application of a stress appraisal and coping formulation. Spinal Cord. 2001; 39: 615-627

8 Stucki G, Cieza A, Melvin J. The international classification of functioning, disability and health: a unifying model for the conceptual description of the rehabilitation strategy. J Rehabil Med 2007; 39: 279–285

9 Kirshblum SC et al. Spinal Cord Injury Medicine. Rehabilitation phase after acute Spinal Cord Injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007; 88 (Suppl 1): S62-70

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14 For further information, see the WHO ICF web site: http://www.who.int/classifications/icf/site/index.cfm

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18 Galvin LR, Godfrey HPD. The impact of coping on emotional adjustment to spinal cord injury (SCI): review of the literature and application of a stress appraisal and coping formulation. Spinal Cord. 2001; 39: 615-627

19 Stucki G, Cieza A, Melvin J. The international classification of functioning, disability and health: a unifying model for the conceptual description of the rehabilitation strategy. J Rehabil Med 2007; 39: 279–285

20 Post MW, de Witte LP, van Asbeck FW, van Dijk AJ, Schrijvers AP. Predictors of health status and life satisfaction in spinal cord injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. April 1998; 79: 395-401

21 Ibid.

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