SCI Publications

A multisite collaborative study is being conducted on the association between propulsion biomechanics and upper-limb injuries. This substudy compared subject characteristics and pushrim kinetics across three sites and identified early on in the main study any differences that could affect interpretation of the findings or data pooling. A total ...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: To examine the reliability, validity, sensitivity, and practicality of various outcome measures for pain after spinal cord injury (SCI), and to provide recommendations for specific measures for use in clinical trials. DATA SOURCES: Relevant articles were obtained through a search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and PubMed databases from ...

This article summarizes the research and health policy recommendations developed by participants at the symposium "State-of-the-Science on Post-Acute Rehabilitation: Setting a Research Agenda and Developing an Evidence Base for Practice and Public Policy," held in February 2007. A diverse group of participants represented federal government agencies, private insurers, professional ...

Pain following spinal cord injury (SCI) has been well described in the literature over the years, but both SCI pain research and clinical care have been hampered by the lack of a uniform method for assessing pain. There have been a large number of proposed classification systems published, but ...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: To determine factors associated with falls among a sample of ambulatory individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI). STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional mail survey. METHODS: A survey instrument of participant characteristics and fall-related variables was developed using relevant items from existing measures and was mailed to 221 individuals with ...

BACKGROUND: Recent advancements in microsurgery allow the free tissue transfer for reconstruction of soft-tissue defects on the plantar surface of the foot. Fasciocutaneous flaps are one available option to the reconstructive surgeon. However, their functional weight-bearing capabilities have never been adequately evaluated. This study investigated the dynamic loading performance ...

Method: To answer the question of what people with spinal cord injury (SCI) can likely expect in terms of quality of life (QOL) and health as they approach the end of life, longitudinal data from the Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Collaborative Aging Study were examined. Result: Over the ...

Purpose/Objective: To test a mediational model that hypothesizes pain interference mediates the relationship between ambulatory status and depressive symptoms among participants with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). Research Method/Design: Responses to the Brief Pain Index (pain interference) and the Older Adult Health and Mood Questionnaire (depressive symptoms) were obtained ...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare pain interference scores as a function of dependence in ambulation, as defined by need of assistance from another person, and to identify the association of pain interference with aging parameters (current age, years since injury). Method: Secondary analysis of existing ...

The purpose of this study was to identify self-reported problems among people with spinal cord injury (SCI), their relationship with aging after SCI, and how they change over time. Data on self-reported problems were collected during the second and third stages of a longitudinal aging study. Factor analysis of ...

Objective: To examine the relationship between adult attachment style and physical disability in intimate romantic relationships. Method: Participants were 50 individuals with adult-onset spinal cord injuries (SCI) and 50 individuals with congenital disabilities (CON) living in the community. The main outcome measures were adult attachment style and dyadic relationship ...

Purpose. Few studies have considered the impact of masculine role variables on outcome and adjustment to SCI among men. The present study examined the relations among SCI, views of masculinity, psychological adjustment, and rehabilitation outcomes among men with SCI. Method. The sample included 20 men with SCI receiving inpatient ...

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Background/Objective: Although the impact of secondary conditions after spinal cord injury (SCI) on health, well being, and financial burden have been studied, there are psychometrically sound scales of secondary conditions in the extant literature. The use of such scales allows for cross-sample comparison of secondary condition prevalence rates and ...

Study design: Cross-sectional and longitudinal design. Objectives: (1) To quantify skeletal muscle cross-sectional area (CSA) after correcting for intramuscular fat (IMF) in thigh muscle groups 6 weeks after incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI), (2) to monitor the changes in muscle CSA and IMF after 3 months from the initial ...

Objectives: To assess (1) the frequency and magnitude of differences between self-selected and maximal walking capacity following spinal cord injury (SCI) by using the Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury (WISCI) and (2) how these levels differ in efficiency and velocity. Design: Prospective cohort. Setting: Academic medical center. Participants: ...

This article evaluates the dynamics of spirituality in an aging sample of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). We found that the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapies—Spiritual (FACIT-SP), a commonly used measure of spirituality in other populations, is a valid instrument when used among people with SCI. Age ...

Objective. To demonstrate criterion (concurrent and predictive) and construct validity of the Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury (WISCI) scale and other walking measures in the Spinal Cord Injury Locomotor Trial (SCILT). Design. Prospective multicenter clinical trial of a walking intervention for patients with acute traumatic spinal cord injury ...

Interviews were conducted with 24 women with spinal cord injury to investigate how women with SCI experience their sexuality. A conceptual model of sexual domains was proposed based on content analysis of the narratives. The proposed domains are: (1) self- versus other focus, (2) genital versus whole-body focus, (3) physical ...

Study examined the interrater reliability of the Bryce/Ragnarsson spinal cord injury (SCI) pain taxonomy (BR-SCI-PT). Thirty-nine physicians specializing in SCI evaluated 135 vignettes, each of which described a person with SCI with one or more different etiologic subtypes of pain. Physician classifications were compared with those made by the ...