Responsiveness of a Neuromuscular Recovery Scale for Spinal Cord Injury: Inpatient and Outpatient Rehabilitation
Abstract
This multi-centered study (8 performance sites) assesses the responsiveness of the Neuromuscular Recovery Scale (NRS) for people with spinal cord injury. The NRS evaluates true recovery of pre-injury movement, rather than compensatory progress, during inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation for spinal cord injury. At the time of this report, approval has been received for the coordinating site, the University of Florida and for one clinical performance site, the Ohio State University. Enrollment and data collection is underway as sites are approved. Three other clinical performance sites are under review by the HRPO and will commence with data collection upon approval. Web-site construction is under development through streaming web services at Ohio State University (OSU) to provide an introduction to the NRS via video and an instructional guide. Training of the James A. Haley VA Medical Center (Tampa VA) physical therapists in use of the NRS was conducted and completed at OSU and electronic data transfer approvals are underway by the VA.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA554730
Entities
People
- Andrea L. Behrman
- Craig Velozo
- Michele Basso
Organizations
- University of Florida