Healthcare Research

KEY FINDING: The SCI community was receptive to data sharing, but there were disagreements on how open or restrictive sharing should be.

KEY FINDING: The study will evaluate the implementation of coordinated physical activity (PA) coaching delivered by physiotherapists and SCI peers during the transition from in-hospital care to living in a community.

KEY FINDING: Unmet health care needs are significant for people with long-term conditions like SCI, and those in low-income groups are more affected.

KEY FINDING: The spine generic protocol demonstrated high reproducibility across different MRI sites and manufacturers, with an average inter-site coefficient of variation of less than 5% for most metrics.

KEY FINDING: Among the 206 initial items, 163 were selected and divided into four domains, diagnosis and assessment, treatment, follow-up, and complications, and two sub-domains, general and condition-specific.

KEY FINDING: Elsberg addressed the most important issues concerning SCI, long before Sir Ludwig Guttmann and Dr. Donald Munro.

KEY FINDING: Participants received an average of 3.9 recommendations per visit, largely focused on prevention and physical health issues.

KEY FINDING: 76% of patients admitted to the inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) had low vitamin D levels (<30 ng/mL).

KEY FINDING: Early surgical treatment of patients with chronic lumbar radiculopathy (defined as symptoms of 4 to 12 months duration) was cost-effective

KEY FINDING: The study found that a user-centered design approach, involving patients and clinicians, was effective in developing an exoskeleton that addresses user needs.