Effective and Efficient Rehabilitation. What Works Best for Persons With SCI During (Sub)Acute Phase of Rehabilitation?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the effectiveness and efficiency of comprehensive rehabilitation in improving the score of the spinal cord independence measure III (SCIM) for individuals with spinal cord injury/disease (SCI/D).

Design

Observational cohort study.

Setting

A specialized spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation clinic in Switzerland that admits patients from across the country and provides (sub)acute rehabilitation following SCI/D.

Participants

This study analyzes the clinical data of 383 patients (N=383) who received rehabilitation from a specialized spinal cord injury hospital and rehabilitation center in Switzerland from 2017 to 2020.

Interventions

Not applicable. This study used routinely collected clinical and administrative data from the clinic.<

SUBMITTER: Metzger S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12750421 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature