SCI Publications

Study examined the association of race and cultural factors with quality-of-life factors (participation, life satisfaction, perceived health status) in people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Data were collected from 275 people with SCI at 6 national SCI Model Systems centers who completed measures of: (1) participation (Craig Handicap Assessment ...

Article discusses future directions in spinal cord injury (SCI) from a perspective of biomedical, psychosocial, and technological research. This discussion is based both on recent developments from various fields of knowledge and, more specifically, on SCI Model Systems’ research contributions to medical rehabilitation. Biomedical research includes: (1) the process ...

Study examined the amount of time spent on specific therapeutic recreation (TR) activities during inpatient rehabilitation for spinal cord injury (SCI). Data were collected from 600 patients with traumatic SCI admitted to six rehabilitation centers during the first year of enrollment in the SCIRehab project. Certified therapeutic recreation specialists ...

Study examined the effect of bladder management method on medical complications (renal calculi or decubitus ulcers), number of hospital days, and psychosocial factors in people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Data for 24,762 patients with new traumatic SCI enrolled in the National SCI Database entire data set forms I ...

Study assessed depression rates and psychiatric comorbid conditions, mental health service use, and adequacy of depression treatment in depressed and non-depressed adults with spinal cord injury (SCI). Participants were 947 community-residing people with traumatic SCI recruited from the Project to Improve Symptoms and Mood after SCI (PRISMS). Outcome measures ...

Study examined the relationship of demographic and injury characteristics, self-rated health, physical functioning, and life satisfaction to the duration of marriage 1 to 15 years after spinal cord injury (SCI) among individuals who were married at the time of injury. Survival analysis was chosen to determine the predictors related ...

Study investigated the safety, feasibility, validity, and the intrarater and interrater reliability of the Transfer Assessment Instrument (TAI), a newly developed outcome measure to assess the quality of transfers performed by full-time wheelchair users. Testing was performed at the 2009 National Veterans Wheelchair Games in Spokane, Washington, and involved ...

Study examined the nature and distribution of speech-language pathology (SLP) activities delivered during inpatient SCI rehabilitation and identified predictors (patient and injury characteristics) of the amount of time spent in specific SLP treatment activities. Data were collected from 600 patients with traumatic SCI admitted to six rehabilitation centers during ...

Study examined the type and distribution of occupational therapy (OT) activities provided during inpatient spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation and identified predictors (patient and injury characteristics) of the amount of time dedicated to OT treatment activities. Data were collected from 600 patients with traumatic SCI admitted to six rehabilitation ...

Study determined the nature and distribution of activities during physical therapy (PT) delivered in inpatient spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation and identified predictors (patient and injury characteristics) of the amount of time spent in PT for specific treatment activities. Data were collected from 600 patients from six inpatient SCI ...

This commentary provides an overview of the SCIRehab Project, designed to identify which of the many spinal cord injury (SCI) inpatient rehabilitation interventions are associated most strongly with positive outcomes at 1 year post-injury. Discussion focuses on the second phase of SCIRehab, which involves the analysis of treatment provided ...

Study examined the amount and type of therapy services received in inpatient and post-discharge settings during the first year after spinal cord injury (SCI). Data were obtained from 493 patients with traumatic SCI admitted to 6 rehabilitation centers participating in the SCIRehab study. Inpatient data were collected prospectively by ...

Study investigated the patterns, predictors, and benefits associated with driving a modified vehicle for people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Data on driving, employment, and community reintegration post-SCI were drawn from the National Model SCI Systems Database for 3,726 people with SCI at 16 Model SCI Systems throughout the ...

Study examined the time spent on rehabilitation treatments for patients treated by specialty rehabilitation inpatient programs. Data were collected from 600 patients with traumatic SCI admitted to six rehabilitation centers during the first year of enrollment in the SCIRehab project. Time spent on various therapeutic activities was documented by ...

Study assessed the validity and reliability of the Spinal Cord Independence Measure (SCIM III) in measuring functional ability in people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Functional ability was measured with the SCIM III during the first week of admittance into inpatient acute rehabilitation and within one week of discharge from ...

The need to determine the beneficial effect of the treatment of spinal cord injury (SCI) requires clearly defined standardized measures of the severity of injury and how well the the function is restored. Improved neurological recovery should be linked to increased capacity to perform tasks such as walking, reaching ...

Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) was long ago thought of as ‘‘an ailment not to be treated.’’1 Since World War II, this once always fatal condition has reaped the benefits from advances in emergency and acute management, to the extent that people with SCI are surviving the early years ...

Study design: Correlation study. Objectives: To determine the effects of oral baclofen on body composition (fat mass (FM), fat-free mass (FFM)), extra- and intracellular fluid compartments and glucose homeostasis (plasma glucose and plasma insulin concentrations) in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) after controlling for spasticity. Settings: Laboratory settings at ...

Background/Objective: To determine the effects of spasticity on anthropometrics, body composition (fat mass [FM] and fat-free mass [FFM]), and metabolic profile (energy expenditure, plasma glucose, insulin concentration, and lipid panel) in individuals with motor complete spinal cord injury (SCI). Methods: Ten individuals with chronic motor complete SCI (age, 33 ...