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van der Putten, J. M. F., Stevenson, V. L., Playford, E. Diane and Thompson, A. J. (2001) Factors affecting functional outcome in patients with nontraumatic spinal cord lesions after inpatient rehabilitation. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 15 (2). pp. 99-104. doi:doi: 10.1177/154596830101500203 ISSN 1545-9683.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154596830101500203
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
Patients with nontraumatic spinal cord lesions account for between one fourth and one half of all spinal cord injuries. In the management of this group of patients, an understanding of factors influencing functional improvement is essential to help define the most appropriate rehabilitation programme. Although it is possible to predict accurately the functional outcome for an individual patient with a complete traumatic spinal cord injury, few studies have looked at prognostic factors in patients with nontraumatic spinal cord disease. The aim of this study was to determine which, and how well, factors assessed on admission to a rehabilitation unit relate to functional improvement in this group.
METHODS:
The study sample consists of 100 patients with an incomplete nontraumatic spinal cord lesion who underwent inpatient neurorehabilitation. Possible prognostic factors were sought by identifying those variables with a significant difference in the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) motor change score above and below the median. A step-wise multiple regression analysis was then performed to determine which variables influenced functional outcome.
RESULTS:
Patients with larger functional gains had significantly lower disability scores on admission, a shorter time between symptom onset and rehabilitation, and a longer length of stay. They were more likely to have a cervical lesion and evidence of neurologic recovery. Multiple regression analysis demonstrated that the FIM motor score on admission and the time between symptom onset and rehabilitation predicted 54% of the variance of the FIM motor score gain.
CONCLUSIONS:
This finding suggests that early rehabilitation is an important factor in securing a good outcome.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Social Science & Systems in Health (SSSH) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair | ||||
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 1545-9683 | ||||
| Official Date: | March 2001 | ||||
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| Volume: | 15 | ||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 99-104 | ||||
| DOI: | doi: 10.1177/154596830101500203 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
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