Assessing functional recovery for individuals with spinal cord injury post-discharge from inpatient rehabilitation.

ABSTRACT: Objective: To determine the associations between trauma variables, acute phase-related variables, and patient-level characteristics with functional recovery during the first-year post-discharge from inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF) for individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI).Design: Retrospective cohort analysis.Setting: Two SCI Model Centers in Pennsylvania, United States.Methods: We were able to link 378 individuals with traumatic SCI between the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Outcomes Study and the National SCI Model Systems databases. Nineteen individuals with SCI were excluded due to missing data. We estimated functional recovery based on changes in functional independence measure (FIM) total motor score during the first-year post-discharge from IRF

SUBMITTER: Hiremath SV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11533257 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature