Published in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
This study provides preliminary evidence that there is significant institutional variation in rehabilitation practice and that center effects play a stronger role than patient factors in determining how TBI inpatient rehabilitation is delivered.
Published in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
Patients' level of effort can be observed and reliably rated in the TBI inpatient rehabilitation setting using the Rehabilitation Intensity of Therapy Scale. Patients who sustain TBI show varying levels of effort in rehabilitation therapy sessions, with effort tending to increase over the stay. PTA and agitated behavior are primary risk factors tha...
Published in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
To assess the frequency of, causes for, and factors associated with acute rehospitalization during 9 months after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury (TBI). Multicenter observational cohort. Community. Individuals with TBI (N=1850) admitted for inpatient rehabilitation. Not applicable. Occurrences of proxy or self-rep...
Published in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
NRS had strong interrater reliability, a necessary first step in establishing its utility as a clinical and research outcome measure.
Published in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
Group therapy is commonly used in TBI rehabilitation, to varying degrees among disciplines, sites, and cognitive impairment subgroups. Various therapeutic activities take place in group therapy, indicating its perceived value in addressing many domains of functioning. Variation in outcomes is not explained well by overall percentage of therapy time...
Published in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
For patients receiving inpatient rehabilitation after TBI and matched on a propensity score of >40% for the likely use of EN, clinicians should strongly consider, when possible, EN for ≥25% of the rehabilitation stay and especially with a formula that contains at least 20% protein rather than a standard formula.
Published in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
To develop functional ability levels for the Spinal Cord Injury Functional Index (SCI-FI) and to validate them using calibration and reliability samples. Three-phase strategy involved (1) performing quantitative synthesis of SCI-FI data to create item maps; (2) using a panel of experts to identify functional ability levels after the bookmarking and...
Published in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
Published in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
This TBI-PBE study succeeded in capturing naturally occurring variation in patients and treatments, offering opportunities to study best treatments for specific patient impairments. Subsequent articles in this issue report differences between patients and treatments and associations with outcomes in greater detail.
Published in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
The findings suggest that while delayed IR is common, long lies are not prevalent among PwMS. The high prevalence of delayed IR highlights the importance of including fall management strategies in fall prevention programs for PwMS.
