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Study assessed the patterns of sacral sparing and recovery in newly injured individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) admitted to rehabilitation centers within 30 days after injury with follow-up at discharge, at 1 year, or both. The International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury examination results ...

Study investigated whether pressure sensation at the S3 dermatome (a new test) could be used in place of deep anal pressure (DAP) to determine completeness of injury as part of the neurological classification of spinal cord injury (SCI). This prospective, multicenter observational study was conducted as a collaborative module ...

Study examined the reliability and validity of the Capabilities of Upper Extremity Test (CUE-T), a measure of functional limitations in the arm and hand, in patients with chronic tetraplegia. Data were obtained from 50 subjects (36 male/14 female) with chronic stable spinal cord injury (SCI). Test-retest reliability was examined ...

Study investigated whether the Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems National Database (SCIMS-NDB) patient sample is representative of all adults aged 18 years or older admitted to inpatient rehabilitation centers in the United States (US) for new onset traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI). Demographic, functional status, and injury characteristics were ...

Study investigated the association of multiple sets of risk and protective factors (biographic and injury, socioeconomic, health) with cause-specific mortality after spinal cord injury (SCI). Participants were 8,157 adults with traumatic SCI who were enrolled in a SCI Model Systems facility after 1973. All-cause mortality was determined using the Social ...

Study compared 12-year suicide-specific mortalities of 3 different injury cohorts, identified the risk factors for suicide mortality after spinal cord injury (SCI), and investigated whether suicide mortality is higher among those with SCI than in the general population. Data on suicide deaths were obtained from 31,399 participants injured between ...

Study investigated the contribution of residential neighborhood characteristics to race disparities in participation among community-living adults with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). Survey data from the SCI Model Systems (SCIMS) database were linked with residential characteristics derived from national survey and spatial data to assess the contribution of social, ...

Study used item response theory (IRT) methods to link scores from 2 recently developed functional outcome measures for people with spinal cord injury (SCI), the adult Spinal Cord Injury-Functional Index (SCI-FI) and the Pedi SCI (both the parent version and the child version). Linking was conducted so that the ...

Study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Spinal Cord Injury-Functional Index/Assistive Technology (SCI-FI/AT) short forms (SFs) in the domains of basic mobility, self-care, fine motor function, and ambulation based on internal consistency, with specific SFs for people with paraplegia and tetraplegia. The study also examined correlations between SFs and ...

Article describes the development and psychometric properties of the Spinal Cord Injury-Quality of Life (SCI-QOL) Self-esteem item bank. Using a mixed-methods design, a self-esteem item bank was developed and tested through the use of focus groups with individuals with SCI and clinicians with expertise in SCI, cognitive interviews, and ...

Article describes the background and development of the Spinal Cord Injury -- Quality of Life (SCI-QOL) measurement system, a spinal cord injury (SCI)-specific, patient-reported outcome measure of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) covering physical, emotional, and social domains of functioning. The SCI-QOL was developed using item response theory (IRT) ...

Article describes the development and psychometric characteristics of the Spinal Cord Injury – Quality of Life (SCI-QOL) Anxiety item bank. Grounded-theory based qualitative item development methods were used to develop a calibrated item bank and computer adaptive test (CAT) to assess anxiety symptoms in individuals with spinal cord injury ...

Article describes the development and psychometric characteristics of the Spinal Cord Injury – Quality of Life (SCI-QOL) Pressure Ulcers scale, a self-reported measure of the impact of pressure ulcers on health-related quality of life in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). Grounded-theory based qualitative item development methods, large-scale item ...