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What is the study about? Pneumonia is the leading cause of death after serious spinal cord injury (SCI). Researchers wanted to learn if spinal cord injury-induced immune deficiency syndrome (SCI-IDS) contributed to the development of pneumonia or whether the motor paralysis and environment accounted for the frequency of contracting pneumonia. They ...

What is the study about? The study was performed to compare a group training program with a general education program for people with spinal cord injury. The researchers asked whether one approach was better than the other for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) in improving their wheelchair skills and helping ...

What is the study about? The study evaluated how technique used during wheelchair transfers related to shoulder pain and injury in people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Since wheelchair users depend on their arms to perform most of their daily activities, muscles and tendons around the shoulder often get overused and ...

What is the study about? Survival within two years after spinal cord injury (SCI) has greatly improved over the past few decades, although long-term survival after the first two years has not shown significant improvement. However, people with SCI still have higher rates of mortality than people without SCI. To better ...

What is the study about? This study looked at the frequency and types of wheelchair repairs, and related adverse consequences. The disparities between repairs needed and completed, and the locations where the repairs were completed were investigated. The results of this study may lead to a better understanding of type of ...

What is the study about?This study examined changes to shoulder tendons as people with spinal cord injury (SCI) transferred to and from a wheelchair. When people with SCI transfer they repeatedly stress their shoulder tendons, including the biceps and supraspinatus. It is possible that overuse may lead to tendon changes ...

What is the study about?Infections are prevalent complications in SCI patients and are facilitated by a systemic spinal cord injury immune deficiency syndrome (SCI-IDS). This study looked at the effect of pneumonia or wound infection on hospitalized patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). Pneumonia is an infection in one or ...

What is the article about? Increasing numbers of experimental spinal cord injury studies applying stem cells after are mirrored, by a lack of well-controlled clinical studies with long-term follow-up. Monitored long-term follow-up is required to learn about durability of putative cellular treatment effects and whether late side-effects may occur. Recently, non-medical ...

What is the study about? This study asked if “My Care My Call” (MCMC), a telephone program using a peer health coach, could improve selfmanagement in adults with spinal cord injury (SCI). Self-management is a person’s ability and willingness to handle the daily management of his/her health. After 6 months, the ...

What is the study about? This study examined the effects of an anti-depressant on spinal cord injury (SCI) patients with significant depression. Depression is the most common psychiatric disorder that develops after SCI. Between 25% - 30% of people with SCI are diagnosed with depression. Not only is depression itself disabling, ...

What is the study about? People who sustain acute spinal cord injury (SCI) frequently also have traumatic brain injury (TBI). The authors observe that it is important to know this so that both conditions can be treated when needed to promote the best health outcomes. Sometimes it is difficult to determine ...

What is the study about? One measurement used to assess the level of community integration of people who have incurred traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ). This questionnaire has 15 elements, which are grouped into three subscales: home integration, social activity, and productive activity. The purpose of ...

What is the study about? This study was conducted to evaluate the usefulness of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) in accounting for differences in life outcomes after injury. Traditionally, the GCS is used to predict survival in a hospitalized patient population rather than as a functional outcome. The GCS scale has ...

What is the study about? This study compares the rate and nature of rehospitalization in a cohort of patients enrolled in the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) with and without disorders of consciousness (DOC) at the time of rehabilitation. The period of interest ...

What is the study about? In the United States, many unconscious patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) are not admitted to inpatient rehabilitation because of the perception that they are capable of little progress. This study was conducted to characterize the long-term recovery patterns and function of patients with TBI who ...

What is the study about? The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible relationship between a prior traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the one first recorded as an entry in the TBI Model Systems (TBIMS) database. Such a prior TBI is called the “pre-index TBI” (i.e., earlier than the ...

What is the study about? The goal of this study was to determine whether there are differences in patient functional outcomes across rehabilitation centers participating in the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS). Patient outcomes were examined at the time of their discharge from ...

What is the study about? Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a significant cause of death and long-term disability. Although there has been a decline in the incidence of TBI in the general population, the rate of TBI in older adults has increased. Increased age has long been recognized as a predictor ...