Outcome after spinal cord Rehabilitation - A German single-center-study
- Conditions
- Patients with spinal cord injury
- Registration Number
- DRKS00011150
- Lead Sponsor
- HELIOS Klinik Kipfenberg GmbH
- Brief Summary
One hundred and sixty patients (113 men, 47 women) with a mean age of 64.4 years were included. Non-traumatic etiologies, such as vascular diseases, tumors, infections or degenerative diseases accounted for 55.6% of SCI (89/160). Men experienced significantly more cervical lesions (P=0.02) and presented with lower SCIMstart values (P=0.04). Patients with AIS D (incomplete SCI) had significantly higher SCIMstart and SCIMend (P<0.01, each). Age correlated negatively with SCIMstart and SCIMend (r=-0.21; P<0.05; r=-0.21; P<0.05; respectively). The chance to reach an SCIMend ?50 points (milestone for starting post-primary rehabilitation) increased with every SCIM point at the beginning of rehabilitation by 12.2% (95% CI 7.3-17.3%) and for every day in rehabilitation by 1.4% (95% CI 0.5-2.3%). Every additional day in acute medical care, however, decreased the chance for this by 2.2% (95% CI -3.6 to -0.8%).
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 160
Patients with spinal cord injury which were first treated in spinal cord injury rehabilitation
Preexisting neurological diseases like dementia or stroke. Patient with chronic spinal cord injury which receive intervalrehabilitation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Gain of SCIM (spinal cord independence measure)-Points. Using the Delta-SCIM = SCIM at the end of Rehabilitation minus SCIM at beginning.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ength of stay, Changes in AIS