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Study examined the characteristics and short-term functional outcomes of the pediatric burn inpatient rehabilitation population using data from the Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation database between 2002 and 2011. Demographic, medical, and functional data were evaluated for children younger than 18 years at time of admission to inpatient rehabilitation ...

Study evaluated the interrater reliability of the International Association for the Study of Pain and Tunks' spinal cord injury (SCI) pain classification schemes. Three raters independently categorized a total of 64 pain sites reported by 29 individuals with SCI. Results indicated that both classification schemes showed low interrater agreement. Disagreement ...

Article serves as an introduction to a series of articles that describe the underlying principles and the research initiatives of the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems of Care (TBIMS) program. TBIMS, a program funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), is a collaborative effort of rehabilitation ...

OBJECTIVE: Severe thermal injury induces inflammatory and hypermetabolic responses that are associated with morbidity and mortality. However, it is not well-documented whether the causes of burns affect inflammation, hypermetabolism, and morbidity. The aim of the present study was to determine whether there is a difference in degree of inflammation, hypermetabolism, ...

Study identified the employment outcomes of greatest importance to individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) who have worked since injury. A qualitative approach was used with 6 focus groups at 2 sites (Minnesota and Georgia). A combination of homogeneous (race/ethnic minority group, female group) and heterogeneous groups were convened. The ...

The present study investigated the possible role of a number of pre- peri-, and post-traumatic factors in the experience of post-concussion syndrome (PCS). These factors included: (1) history of premorbid risk factors, (2) severity of injury, and (3) post-morbid functioning and environmental factors. Subjects were 55 persons with mild brain ...

Article describes the effects of cold-weather temperatures on the body temperatures of people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Generally, after SCI, body temperature had a tendency to take on the temperature of the environment. Author offers advice for how to keep warm.

OBJECTIVES: To study group changes over time after traumatic brain injury (TBI). DESIGN: Prospective cohort. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: TBI Model System Database with 1160 subjects using cohort with complete data. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and Disability Rating Scale (DRS) at rehabilitation discharge and annually ...

BACKGROUND: Long-term mortality may be increased following traumatic brain injury (TBI); however, the degree to which survival could be reduced is unknown. We aimed at modelling life expectancy following post-acute TBI to provide predictions of longevity and quantify differences in survivorship with the general population. METHODS: A population-based retrospective cohort ...

Diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is a common mechanism of traumatic brain injury (TBI) for which there is no well-accepted anatomic measures of injury severity. The present study aims to quantitatively assess DAI by measuring white matter lesion volume visible in fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) weighted images and to determine whether ...