SCI Publications

Study assessed sacral interface pressure and sensing area in healthy volunteers on a spine board and the effects of a gel pressure dispersion liner. Sacral pressure ulcers are a significant problem following spinal cord injury and are felt to be in part due to the high interface pressures generated ...

Article describes the main conceptual frameworks that have been used in analyzing disparities in healthcare access and quality and evaluates those frameworks in the context of healthcare for individuals with disabilities. The specific models examined include: the Aday and Anderson Model, the Grossman Utility Model, the Institute of Medicine ...

Article reviews the biological and structural changes that are known to occur in bone after spinal cord injury (SCI) in the context of promoting future research to prevent or reduce risk of fracture in this population. The authors also review the most commonly used methods for assessing bone after ...

Article describes the development and psychometric properties of the Spinal Cord Injury – Quality of Life (SCI-QOL) Grief and Loss item bank and short form. A literature review guided framework development of grief/loss. New items were created from focus groups. Items were revised based on expert review and patient feedback ...

Study examined the efficacy and tolerability of venlafaxine hydrochloride extended-release (XR) for major depressive disorder (MDD) or dysthymic disorder in people with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). A total of 2,536 patients from outpatient clinics at 6 SCI treatment centers in the United States were screened and 133 were ...

Article describes the development and psychometric characteristics of the Spinal Cord Injury – Quality of Life (SCI-QOL) Pressure Ulcers scale, a self-reported measure of the impact of pressure ulcers on health-related quality of life in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). Grounded-theory based qualitative item development methods, large-scale item calibration ...

Objective: To investigate the reliability of ultrasonographic measurement of acromiohumeral distance (AHD) and the effects of shoulder positioning on AHD among manual wheelchair users (MWUs) with spinal cord injury (SCI) and an able-bodied control group. Methods: Ten MWUs with SCI and 10 able-bodied subjects participated in this study. The ...

Articles in this special journal issue describe the development and calibration of the item banks for the Spinal Cord Injury – Quality of Life (SCI-QOL) measurement system. Following an introductory overview of the SCI-QOL project, subsequent articles present one or more SCI-QOL item banks and review the included construct, ...

Article describes the development and psychometric characteristics of the Spinal Cord Injury – Quality of Life (SCI-QOL) Pressure Ulcers scale, a self-reported measure of the impact of pressure ulcers on health-related quality of life in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). Grounded-theory based qualitative item development methods, large-scale item ...

Study assessed the prevalence of cigarette smoking at the time of spinal cord injury (SCI) onset compared to that of the general population in the same geographic area, and identified demographic, injury, behavioral, and psychological characteristics associated with cigarette smoking. Self-report assessments were completed by 524 patients during inpatient ...

Study determined the location of cortical activation during a visual illusion walking paradigm, a recently proposed treatment for spinal cord injury (SCI)-related neuropathic pain, in people with SCI compared with able-bodied controls. Three people with paraplegia and 5 able-bodied participants were included in this study. The walking stimuli consisted of ...

Article offers comments on the preceding article by Dahdah et al (see accession number J69864) that describes a comparative effectiveness study of traumatic brain injury (TBI) rehabilitation. The authors here suggest flaws in the study methodology and point out other concerns with the conclusions of the investigation. ...

Study compared outcomes and patterns of engaging with a telehealth intervention (CareCall) by adult wheelchair users with severe mobility limitations. A secondary analysis was conducted of data from a pilot randomized controlled trial with 106 participants with spinal cord injury (SCI) and 36 participants with multiple sclerosis (MS). General ...

Study assessed the association between characteristics of the built environment and differences in perceived health among individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). A secondary analysis was conducted of data collected from 503 people with chronic SCI enrolled in the Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems database. All cases were residents ...

Article describes the background and development of the Spinal Cord Injury -- Quality of Life (SCI-QOL) measurement system, a spinal cord injury (SCI)-specific, patient-reported outcome measure of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) covering physical, emotional, and social domains of functioning. The SCI-QOL was developed using item response theory (IRT) ...