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Article examines contributions of the Model Spinal Cord Injury System (MSCIS) program toward the evaluation and care of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) and discusses challenges to the program's future. The information is based on retrospective review of the literature and integration of recent reported findings from panel ...

Article summarizing current knowledge about the likelihood of functional recovery after spinal cord injury (SCI), including recovery of the ability to walk and to perform activities of daily living (ADL) and self care, with discussion of the significance of SCI lesion level.

Article reviewing lessons for future research learned from recent clinical trials assessing the efficacy of early intervention in spinal cord injury (SCI). The author draws from his own experience of recent trials and from a workshop on clinical trials in rehabilitation sponsored by the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation ...

Article reviews research on neurological and functional recovery following spinal cord injury (SCI). Discussion focuses on the strategy for executing clinical trials and evaluating new interventions. Understanding the clinical course of recovery, recognizing accurate examination skills, and appropriately using outcome measures are some of the tools SCI rehabilitation clinicians ...

Study examining upper extremity motor recovery of individuals with quadriplegia with both complete and incomplete injuries, to determined whether it is possible to predict which individuals would recover a motor level and at what time. Data were collected through examination of 167 individuals with acute quadriplegia following spinal cord ...

Article describes the design and methodology of the Spinal Cord Injury Locomotor Trial (SCILT), the first multisite, randomized controlled trial in the United States to examine the effects of body weight-supported treadmill training (BWSTT) on locomotion after spinal cord injury. BWSTT allows physical therapists to systematically train patients to ...

Objective: Best practice is a practice that, on rigorous evaluation, demonstrates success, has had an impact, and can be replicated. It is differentiated from its constituent parts, evidence-based practice and knowledge translation, by its general meaning and global purview. The purpose of this clinical review is to provide transparency ...

Study examined the incidence and etiology of lower motor neuron (LMN), upper motor neuron (UMN), and mixed lesions in patients with complete thoracic and lumbar spinal cord injuries (SCI) for the following neurologic levels: T7 - T9, T10 - T12, and L1 - L3. Results showed the distribution of ...

Study investigated the role of area economic characteristics in predicting employment using in adults with spinal cord injury (SCI). Geographically coded data were collected from two of the 14 SCI Model Systems centers and used to link individual-level data with area-level measures extracted from the 2000 United States Census. ...