Clinical utility during inpatient rehabilitation of a clinical prediction rule for ambulation prognosis following spinal cord injury.

Mobility prognosis is a key focus during rehabilitation following spinal cord injury (SCI). The goal of this study was to prospectively evaluate the clinical utility of the van Middendorp clinical prediction rule (CPR). Observational study Inpatient rehabilitation unit Physical therapists and their patients with acute SCI and SCI disorders (SCI/D) for whom long-term ambulation prognosis was judged difficult to determine.