1 Stucki G et al. Developing Swiss Paraplegic Research: Building a research institution from the comprehensive perspective. Disability and Rehabilitation. 2007; Jul 14: 1-16 (E-pub ahead of print)

2 Chiodo et al. Spinal Cord Medicine. 5. Long-term medical issues and health maintenance. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2007; 88 (Suppl. 1): S76-83

3 Paker N, Yilmaz H et al. Reasons for hospitalization

4 Jackson AB. Secondary conditions of spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord Injury Information Network. Website: http://www.spinalcord.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=32106&site=1021&return=21611; Accessed 11.9.2007

5 Center for Research on Women with Disabilities. Health maintenance behaviors. National study of women with physical disabilities. Jan 1999

6 Chiodo et al. Spinal Cord Medicine. 5. Long-term medical issues and health maintenance. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2007; 88 (Suppl. 1): S76-83

7 World Health Organization. International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Geneva, 2001; d570: 152

8 Ibid.

9 Krause JS, Broderick L. Patterns of recurrent pressure ulcers after SCI: Identification of risk and protective factors 5 or more years after onset. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2004; 85: 1257-1264

10 Raghaven P, Raza WA, Ahmed YS, Chamberlain MA. Prevalence of pressure sores in a community sample of spinal injury patients. Clin Rehab 2003; 17: 879-884
 
11 Chiodo et al. Spinal Cord Injury Medicine. 5. Long-term medical issues and health maintenance. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2007; 88 (Suppl. 1): S76-83

12 McKinley WO, Jackson AB, Cardenas DD, DeVivo MJ. Long-term medical complications after traumatic SCI: A regional model system analysis. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1999; 80: 1402-1410

13 Regan M, Teasell R, Keast D, Mortenson W, Aubut J. Chapter 20: Pressure ulcers following spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Evidence 2006. Website: http://www.icord.org/scire/chapters.php

14 Chen Y et al. Pressure ulcer prevalence in people with SCI: Age-period-duration effects. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2005; 86: 1208-1213

15 Niezgoda JA, Mendez-Eastman S. The Effective Management of Pressure Ulcers. Advances in Skin & Wound Care: The Journal for Prevention and Healing 2006 (19)1: Supplement 3-15.

16 For detailed information, refer to the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel. Website: http://www.npuap.org

17 National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP): NPUAP staging report 2003. Website:        http://www.npuap.org/positn6.html

18 Thomas DR. Prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers: What works, what doesn’t. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine Aug 2001; 68(8): 704-722

19 New PW, Rawicki HB, Baily MJ. Nontraumatic spinal cord injury rehabilitation: pressure ulcer patterns, prediction and impact. Arch Phys Med Rehabil Jan 2004; (85): 87-93

20 See: http://coa.kumc.edu/GEC/modules/braden_scale_for_printing.htm

21 Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine Clinical Practice Guidelines. Pressure ulcer prevention and treatment following spinal cord injury: A clinical practice guideline for health-care professionals. L Spinal Cord Med 2001; 24 (Suppl 1): S40-101

22 Correa GI et al. Predictive factors for pressure ulcers in the ambulatory stage of SCI patients. Spinal Cord 2006; 44: 734-739

23 Ibid.

24 Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine Clinical Practical Guidelines, Pressure ulcer prevention and treatment following spinal cord injury: A clinical practice guideline for health-care professionals. L Spinal Cord Med 2001; 24 (Suppl 1): S40-101

25 Sorensen JL, Jorgensen B, Gottrup F. Surgical treatment of pressure ulcers. American J of Surg 2004; 188: 42-51

26 Pruitt SD, Wahlgren DR, Epping-Jordan JE, Rossi AL. Health behavior in persons with spinal cord injury: Development and initial validation of an outcome measure. Spinal Cord 1998; 36: 724-731

27 Ibid.
 
28 See also Case Study 3 for more on resource-oriented approaches and salutogenesis.
 
29 Krause JS, Broderick L. Patterns of recurrent pressure ulcers after SCI: Identification of risk and protective factors 5 or more years after onset. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2004; 85: 1257-1264

30 Ibid.

31 Ibid.

32 Regan M, Teasell R, Keast D, Mortenson W, Aubut J. Chapter 20: pressure ulcers following spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Evidence 2006. Website: http://www.icord.org/scire/chapters.php

33 Jones ML, Mathewson CS, Adkins VL and Ayllon T. Use of behavioral contingencies to promote prevention of recurrent pressure ulcers. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2003; 84 (6): 796-802.

34 Mayo Clinic Website: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/aortic-aneurysm/DS00017/DSECTION=7; Accessed 12.7.2007

35 Krause JS, Broderick L. Patterns of recurrent pressure ulcers after SCI: Identification of risk and protective factors 5 or more years after onset. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2004; 85: 1257-1264

36 Stucki G et al. Developing Swiss Paraplegic Research: Building a research institution from the comprehensive perspective. Disability and Rehabilitation (to be published, 2007)

37 Krause JS, Broderick L. Patterns of recurrent pressure ulcers after SCI: Identification of risk and protective factors 5 or more years after onset. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2004; 85: 1257-1264

38 Ibid.
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