Changes in Hospitalization, Physician Visits, and Self-Reported Fitness After Spinal Cord Injury: A Cross-Sequential Analysis of Age, Years Since Injury, and Age at Injury Onset

The natural course of change in the health indices was in the direction of a greater need for treatment and reduced fitness over time. Aging effects, as defined by cohort by time interactions, indicated the greater need for hospitalization increased over time at a greater rate for those with more years postinjury and of older ages.