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Study examined the rate of readmission from inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) to acute care hospitals (ACHs) during the first 30 days of rehabilitation stay, the variation in 30-day readmission rate across IRFs, and the extent that patient and facility characteristics contribute to this variation. Adult IRF discharges from 944 IRFs ...
The main objective of this study is to investigate medication patterns for treating depression, anxiety and pain among people undergoing their initial inpatient rehabilitation for spinal cord injury. It will look at the relationship between symptoms, treatments, and associated attributes.
Clinically we have observed that some patients diagnosed with spinal cord injury pain, particularly neuropathic pain, report less pain intensity when they quit smoking. It was therefore postulated that nicotine might affect the levels of pain intensity. The purpose of this project is to determine in a randomized, crossover placebo ...
Many people with SCI tell us that the first year after discharge from rehabilitation is very difficult because they have so many questions and new problems to solve but don’t always know where to find the information they need. To address this, we designed a study to determine whether ...
The study proposes to evaluate the efficacy of venlafaxine HCl as an agent for preventing the occurrence of depression among people with both new and existing spinal cord injuries (SCI). While pharmacological agents are commonly used for treating depression in this population, research to evaluate the efficacy of this ...
In addition to loss of motor and sensory function, persons with SCIs experience altered autonomic function including neurogenic bladder, bowel, and sexual functions. Whereas significant information is available to predict the impact of specific levels and types of SCI on recovery of motor and sexual function, little information is available ...
Evaluation of arm and hand function in tetraplegia suffers from lack of reliable and sensitive assessment instruments. Such an instrument is important to evaluate effectiveness of clinical trials of neuroregeneration in SCI, and in detecting changes in function as a result of tendon transfers and neuroprosthesis. The Regional Spinal ...