Association Between Time to Rehabilitation and Outcomes After Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the relations between time to rehabilitation after spinal cord injury (SCI) and rehabilitation outcomes at discharge and 1-year postinjury.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Facilities designated as Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems.

Participants

Patients (N=3937) experiencing traumatic SCI between 2000 and 2014, who were 18 years or older, and who were admitted to a model system within 24 hours of injury.

Interventions

Not applicable.

Main outcome measures

Rasch-transformed FIM motor score at discharge and 1-year postinjury, discharge to a private residence, and the Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique (CHART) Physical Independence and Mobility scores at 1-year postinjury.

Results

After accounting

SUBMITTER: Herzer KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5096835 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature