Browse the latest research summaries in the field of participation for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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BMC Urology, 2017 • September 13, 2017
This study validates the Dutch SF-Qualiveen questionnaire for assessing urinary-specific quality of life in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients, addressing the gap of validated measures in the Netherlan...
KEY FINDING: The Dutch SF-Qualiveen demonstrated good content validity, with SCI patients confirming that it covered their bladder problems effectively.
BMC Urology, 2017 • October 2, 2017
This multi-institutional prospective cohort study aims to compare patient-reported outcomes related to different bladder management methods (CIC, IDC, and reconstructive surgery) in adult patients wit...
KEY FINDING: The primary aim of the study is to determine baseline patient-reported QoL with three different bladder management strategies (CIC, IDC, and surgery) in SCI.
JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA, 2018 • May 1, 2018
This study investigated the impact of bowel management and autonomic dysreflexia (AD) on the quality of life (QoL) in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). The online community survey of 287 indi...
KEY FINDING: Bowel management is a significant problem for many individuals with SCI, interfering with personal relationships, social life, and the ability to work or travel.
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2017 • October 17, 2017
This study investigated the health status of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) who exercise regularly, focusing on body composition, bone mineral density, lung function, cardiorespiratory fitn...
KEY FINDING: Persons with SCI who exercise regularly following the Canadian guidelines responded with rather positive associations for health outcomes.
Rehabilitation Research and Practice, 2017 • December 21, 2017
This study evaluated the factor structure of the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) in 155 patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) before and after multidisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation. The ex...
KEY FINDING: The FIM scale is not unidimensional in SCI patients, instead demonstrating a 3-factor structure.
Asian Spine J, 2018 • December 1, 2018
This study investigates the therapeutic potential of olfactory ensheathing cell (OEC) transplantation in a rat model of spinal cord injury (SCI). OECs were cultured, characterized, and transplanted at...
KEY FINDING: Cultured olfactory ensheathing cells expressed markers for OECs (p75NTR), olfactory nerve fibroblasts (anti-fibronectin), Schwann cells (S100β), and astrocytes (GFAP).
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2019 • July 1, 2019
The study reveals that functional outcome measurement is acknowledged by Chinese physicians, but SCIM use is limited. Lack of knowledge and training significantly impede the application of SCIM in cli...
KEY FINDING: A significant number of physicians perform functional outcome measurements, but awareness and utilization of SCIM are low.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2018 • January 1, 2018
The study aimed to investigate the relationship between spiritual well-being and quality of life (QOL) among patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) in Iran. The results indicated that religious well-b...
KEY FINDING: Religious well-being was found to be a significant contributing factor to improved vitality, social functioning, mental health and role emotional.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2019 • January 1, 2019
This study aimed to identify variables independently associated with satisfaction with life (SWL) in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). It hypothesized that low levels of social support, incr...
KEY FINDING: Experiencing pain significantly increases the odds of low satisfaction with life in individuals with SCI.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2019 • May 1, 2019
This study examined preferences of adults with spinal cord injury for widely used HRQOL and SWB instruments in two small samples in the US (N = 10) and the UK (N = 10). The participants who rated surv...
KEY FINDING: Participants in both the US and the UK identified the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) as particularly important for their medical providers to know about.