Developing a fall prevention program in an inpatient spinal cord injury rehabilitation unit: A participatory action research study.

Importance: Spinal cord injury is a lifelong disability necessitating early management of falls during inpatient admissions. However, there is a paucity of research on fall prevention and management in Spinal cord injury rehabilitation.

Objective(s): This study aimed at developing a fall prevention program in an inpatient rehabilitation Spinal cord injury unit.

Persian translation and validation of the Back Pain Functional Scale.

Background: Patient-reported questionnaires provide important tools that can be utilized for the assessment of treatment efficacy in clinic and research. This study aimed to translate, cross-culturally adapt, and validate the Back Pain Functional Scale into Persian (BPFSp).

Methods: In this cross-sectional and prospective cohort of adult patients with low back pain (LBP), the translation and adaptation was performed according to standardized guidelines and pretested (n = 30).