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- Title
Demographics of the Dutch multicenter prospective cohort study ‘Restoration of mobility in spinal cord injury rehabilitation’.
- Authors
de Groot, S.; Dallmeijer, A. J.; Post, M. W. M.; van Asbeck, F. W. A.; Nene, A. V.; Angenot, E L D; van der Woude, L. H. V.
- Abstract
Study design:A multicenter prospective cohort study.Objective:To compare the demographic data of the included population with other studied spinal cord injury (SCI) populations in the international literature.Setting:Eight Dutch rehabilitation centers with a specialized SCI unit.Methods:A total of 205 individuals with SCI participated in this study. Information about personal, lesion and rehabilitation characteristics were collected at the beginning of active rehabilitation by means of a questionnaire.Results:The research group mainly consisted of men (74%), of individuals with a paraplegia (59%), and had a complete lesion (68%). The SCI was mainly caused by a trauma (75%), principally due to a traffic accident (42%). The length of clinical rehabilitation varied between 2 months and more than a year, which seemed to be dependent on the lesion characteristics and related comorbidity.Conclusions:The personal and lesion characteristics of the subjects of the multi-center study were comparable to data of other studies, although fewer older subjects and subjects with an incomplete lesion were included due to the inclusion criteria ‘age’ and ‘wheelchair-dependent’. The length of stay in rehabilitation centers in The Netherlands was longer compared to Denmark but much longer than in eg Australia and the USA.Spinal Cord (2006) 44, 668–675. doi:10.1038/sj.sc.3101906; published online 7 February 2006
- Subjects
SPINAL cord injuries; REHABILITATION; DEMOGRAPHY; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSICAL fitness testing; QUALITY of life
- Publication
Spinal Cord, 2006, Vol 44, Issue 11, p668
- ISSN
1362-4393
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.sc.3101906