Participation Research

KEY FINDING: Individuals of Black and Hispanic race and ethnicity showed lower functional recovery post-discharge from IRF.

KEY FINDING: Neuropathic pain (NP) is a significant independent predictor of favorable functional outcome and higher SCIM total score at discharge.

KEY FINDING: Travel and social participation declined as people lived longer with SCI.

KEY FINDING: Young people in the iRehab program achieved significant improvements in occupational performance, independence, and goal attainment.

KEY FINDING: Being recruited from the SSRF was an independent negative correlating factor of the SHC sum score with an unstandardized coefficient of −1.12.

KEY FINDING: The 10 most commonly impaired ICF categories included 3 for Body Functions (exercise tolerance functions (b455), mobility of joint functions (b710), and muscle power functions (b730)) and 7 for Activities and Participation (carrying out daily routine (d230), handling stress and other psychological demands (d240), changing basic body position (d410), maintaining a body position (d415), transferring oneself (d420), walking (d450), and moving around (d455)).

KEY FINDING: The study confirmed four previously identified functioning trajectory classes: stable high functioning, early, moderate, and slow functioning improvement.

KEY FINDING: Pain (both intensity and how much it interferes with life) is significantly associated with higher levels of depression and anxiety, and lower life satisfaction.

KEY FINDING: Participants with SCI reported feeling restricted in their autonomy, particularly in outdoor activities, family roles, and indoor activities.

KEY FINDING: Participants with sarcopenic obesity had significantly lower FIM motor scores than those without the condition (54 vs. 69 points, p = 0.006).