Publications by authors named "Rebecca Brougham"
Background/objective: Describe associations of patient characteristics and speech-language pathology (SLP) interventions provided during impatient rehabilitation for spinal cord injury (SCI) to outcomes at discharge and 1-year post-injury.
Methods: Speech-language pathologists at six inpatient rehabilitation centers documented details of treatment provided. Least squares regression modeling was used to predict outcomes at discharge and 1-year injury anniversary.
Background/objective: Following spinal cord injury (SCI), speech-language pathologists (SLPs) perform assessments and provide treatment for swallowing, motor speech, voice, and cognitive-communication disorders that result from the SCI and/or co-occurring brain injuries. This paper describes the nature and distribution of speech-language pathology (SLP) activities delivered during inpatient SCI rehabilitation and discusses predictors (patient and injury characteristics) of the amount of time spent in specific SLP treatment activities.
Methods: Six rehabilitation centers enrolled 600 patients with traumatic SCI for an observational study of acute inpatient rehabilitation treatment (SCIRehab).
Introduction: Outcomes research for speech language pathology (SLP) interventions for acute traumatic spinal cord injury (SSC) rehabilitation in the US is difficult because of the lack of a treatment classification system (taxonomy).
Objective: To describe a taxonomy developed by speech language pathologists (SLPs) to examine the effects of SLP interventions on SCI rehabilitation outcomes.
Methods: The SCIRehab study uses practice-based evidence, a rigorous observational methodology that examines treatment processes without specifying or requiring specific therapeutic interventions.