Associations between self-reported upper limb motor ability, life satisfaction and life problems in people with cervical spinal cord injury from the community in the United States: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to evaluate relationships between self-reported fine motor ability and quality of life (assessed by life satisfaction and life problems) from people with spinal cord injury (SCI) at T1 and above.

Study design

Observational cohort study (current analysis from a cross section) PARTICIPANTS: 279 individuals with SCI at T1 or above SETTING: Community members sampled from records from two Midwestern hospitals and a speciality hospital in the Southeast United States MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Fine motor ability was assessed via the Spinal Cord Injury Functional Index-Short Form 9A, while two facets of quality of life, life satisfaction and life problems, were assessed by the Life Situation Questionnaire-Revised version (LSQ-R). Pearson correlations and multiv

SUBMITTER: Lewis AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12927376 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature