Using Rasch motor FIM individual growth curves to inform clinical decisions for persons with paraplegia.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

A longitudinal retrospective study.

Objective

To better understand individual-level temporal change in functional status for participants with paraplegia in the National Spinal Cord Injury Database (NSCID), as measured by Rasch Transformed Motor Functional Indepedence Measure (FIM) scores.

Setting

Multicenter/Multistate longitudinal study across the United States.

Methods

Non-linear random effects modeling, that is, individual growth curve analysis of retrospective data obtained from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) NSCID.

Results

We generated non-linear individual level trajectories of recovery for Rasch Transformed Motor FIM scores that rise rapidly from inpatient rehabilitation admission to a platea

SUBMITTER: Pretz CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5578744 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature