SCI Publications

Self-directed learning module on the assessment and management of common pain disorders. The module contains sections on the assessment and management of chronic back pain, osteoarthritis, postamputation neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, and sympathetically mediated arm pain. This module is part of the chapter on pain in the Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program ...

Study of the relationships between gender, race, and activity patterns in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). Data were obtained from 597 participants with SCI, all of whose injuries occurred at least 2 years prior to the study. With the exception that women spent more hours out of bed ...

Article about a study comparing life adjustment of persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) in relation to chronological age, age at time of injury, time since injury, and percentage of life with SCI. Data are from 435 participants with SCI who completed the Life Situations Questionnaire-Revised (LSQ-R), a measure ...

Article about a study of the underlying dimensions of subjective well-being after spinal cord injury (SCI), and about the development of a reliable scale for measuring subjective well-being. Two large samples of persons with SCI (one in the midwest, the other in the southeast) were asked to complete a ...

Article reporting on a study of the relationship between the number of skin sores, and the number of days adversely impacted by skin sores, and multiple indicators of life adjustment after spinal cord injury (SCI). It was found that among the 1017 participants in the study both the number ...

Article about the relationship of life adjustment after spinal cord injury (SCI) and 3 components of locus of control (LOC): internality, chance, and powerful others. Of the 127 study participants, those who were older at injury, had fewer years of education, or were from minority backgrounds reported less favorable ...

Article comparing employment outcomes after spinal cord injury (SCI) as a function of several important participant characteristics, including race, sex, age at injury, education, and geographical location (Southeastern US versus Midwestern US). Participants included 1032 individuals with SCI 596 from the Southeast and 435 from the Midwest. It was ...

Article discussing recent innovations in the management of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI), such as: (1) cost-effective health services via 'clinical pathways' and 'case management' approaches over the continuum of care; (2) recent clinical research into key prognostic indicators for neurological recovery after SCI; (3) innovations in the care ...

Article presents the results of a study comparing the rehabilitation outcomes of individuals with violent versus nonviolent traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). Twenty-seven patients with SCI caused by gunshot wound, stabbing, or assault and 27 patients with SCI caused by motor vehicle accidents or falls participated in the study. ...

Study examines outcomes from 46 patients (19 cervical; 27 lumbar) following surgical decompression for myelopathy or cauda equina syndrome resulting from spinal stenosis (SS). Compared to patients with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI), patients with SS were significantly older (mean age 68 vs. 39 years), more frequently retired/unemployed (89% ...

Article on orthostatic hypotension (symptomatic low blood pressure upon standing) in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). The article first describes the treatment of a patient with orthostatic hypotension after SCI, then discusses aspects of the condition in the context of a review of the relevant medical literature. Aspects ...