Using the Standing and Walking Assessment Tool at Discharge Predicts Community Outdoor Walking Capacity in Persons With Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Standing and Walking Assessment Tool (SWAT) standardizes the timing and content of walking assessments during inpatient rehabilitation by combining 12 stages ranging from lowest to highest function (0, 0.5, 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B, 2C, 3A, 3B, 3C, and 4) with 5 standard measures: the Berg Balance Scale, the modified Timed "Up & Go" test, the Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale, the modified 6-Minute Walk Test, and the 10-Meter Walk Test (10MWT). This study aimed to determine if the SWAT at rehabilitation discharge could predict outdoor walking capacity 1-year after discharge in people with traumatic spinal cord injury.

Methods

This retrospective study used data obtained from the Rick Hansen Spinal Cord Injury Registry from 2014 to 2020. Community outdoor wa

SUBMITTER: Hong HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10799252 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature