Who wants to walk? Preferences for recovery after SCI: A longitudinal and cross-sectional study

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STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional and longitudinal direct observation of a constrained consensus-building process in nine consumer panels and three rehabilitation professional panels. OBJECTIVES: To illustrate differences among consumer and clinician preferences for the restoration of walking function based on severity of injury, time of injury and age of the individual. SETTING: Regional Spinal Cord Center in Philadelphia, USA. METHODS: Twelve panels (consumer and clinical) came to independent consensus using the features-resource trade-off game. The procedure involves trading imagined levels of independence (resources) across different functional items (features) at different stages of recovery. RESULTS: Walking is given priority early in the game by eight out of nine consumer panels and by two out of three professional panels. The exception consumer panel (ISCI

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