From the *Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami, Miami, FL; †Departments of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and §Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami, Miami, FL; ‡VAMC, Miami, FL; and ¶Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA.
Received for publication July 26, 2002; revised February 1, 2003; second revision March 17, 2003; accepted April 5, 2003.
Supported by the VA RR&D grant B26566C; the State of Florida; the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, awarded to the first author; and National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases grants AR/AI44724 and AR47298; and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research grant HD33989 awarded to the third author.
Reprints: Dr. Eva G. Widerström-Noga, Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, School of Medicine, University of Miami, Lois Pope Life Center (R-48), 1095 NW, 14th Terrace, Miami, FL 33136 (e-mail: [email protected]).
