Randomized Trial of Two Exercise Programs to Increase Physical Activity and Health-Related Quality of Life for Persons With Spinal Cord Injury.

Objectives: To compare the effectiveness of two different interventions that promote physical activity in individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) and determine the effect of relapse prevention.

Methods: A sequential, multiple assignment, randomized trial was conducted at a universally designed community-based exercise facility. Participants were individuals with traumatic SCI, >3 months post injury, levels C5 to T12, age ≥18 years ( = 79).

Exploratory examination of the scale structure of the Moorong Self-Efficacy Scale: Application of Rasch Measurement Theory.

Objective: Exploratory application of the Rasch Measurement (RM) Model for evidence for reproducibility, conceptual/content validity, and structural validity of the Moorong Self-Efficacy Scale (MSES).

Study Design: Secondary RM analysis of data collected in a randomized controlled trial comparing two exercise interventions for persons living with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Setting: Community-dwelling persons living with SCI enrolled in an exercise study.

Prognosis of Individual-Level Mobility and Self-Care Stroke Recovery During Inpatient Rehabilitation, Part 1: A Proof-of-Concept Single Group Retrospective Cohort Study.

Objective: To demonstrate feasibility of generating predictive short-term individual trajectory recovery models after acute stroke by extracting clinical data from an electronic medical record (EMR) system.

Design: Single-group retrospective patient cohort design.

Setting: Stroke rehabilitation unit at an independent inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF).

Prognosis of Individual-Level Mobility and Daily Activities Recovery From Acute Care to Community, Part 2: A Proof-of-Concept Single Group Prospective Cohort Study.

Objective: To demonstrate a proof-of-concept for prognostic models of post-stroke recovery on activity level outcomes.

Design: Longitudinal cohort with repeated measures from acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, and post-discharge follow-up to 6 months post-stroke.

Setting: Enrollment from a single Midwest USA inpatient rehabilitation facility with community follow-up.