Meaningful Changes in Fitness, Functional Independence, and Transfer Independence as Defined by Individuals Living with Spinal Cord Injury

Abstract

Fitness is a major independence/functional status determinant in individuals with spinal cord injury (iSCI). Fitness thus impacts quality of life (QOL), as QOL after spinal cord injury is more dependent on participation, mobility, and personal care independence than impairment/injury level. What remains unknown are the fitness levels that confer desired levels of selfcare, mobility, and transfer independence and what fitness gains might confer a meaningful gain in these domains. Parallel to this, clinicians (and consumers) lack an easy to use method to determine if an iSCI's fitness level is suboptimal and few interventions have been evaluated for their effectiveness at improving self-care, mobility, and transfer independence. Our long term objective is to fill these gaps.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2022
Accession Number
AD1196925

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  • Rachel E Cowan

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