Impact of Therapy on Recovery during Rehabilitation in Patients with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury.

ABSTRACT: Evidence-based planning of rehabilitation interventions is important to improving cost efficiency while maintaining patient and system outcomes. This article aims to explore the relationship between rehabilitation therapy, functional outcome, bed utilization, and care costs after traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI). A retrospective review of 262 persons with tSCI admitted to an inpatient rehabilitation facility from 2005-2012 was conducted. Treatment variables and outcome measures included rehabilitation length of stay (LOS), days to rehabilitation (onset), hours and intensity of therapy, and Functional Independence Measure (FIM). Polynomial regression models and generalized additive models were applied to explore the relationship between therapy hours and motor FIM change. Simulation mode

SUBMITTER: Truchon C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5652980 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature