Table 2.

Inpatient spine tumor rehabilitation studies

Citation	Country	Design	Population	Measures	Findings
Afsar (2022)	Turkey	Retrospective chart review	43 neoplastic SCI, 209 traumatic SCI	FIM, FAC, LOS, bladder independence	No difference in admission FIM, discharge FIM, or FIM efficiencies between groups Neoplastic SCI had shorter lengths of stay (p < 0.01), were older than traumatic SCI (p < 0.01), and were more likely to have incomplete SCI (p < 0.01)
Knowlton (2017)	USA	Retrospective chart review	40 chordoma patients admitted after surgical resection	FIM, Hospital Transfer Rate	Mean total FIM gain was 33.7 and mean motor FIM gain 26.1. 62.5% developed post-operative complication and 32.5% were transferred to acute hospital
Fu (2020)	USA	Retrospective chart review	30 patients with a diagnosis of LMD	FIM, LOS, survival	Statistically significant functional gains were made by these patients. 66.7% were able to be discharged home. Median survival after admission to inpatient rehabilitation was 180 days
Fortin (2015)	Canada	Retrospective database review	143 MSCC, 1274 NT-SCI	FIM, LOS, survival, healthcare utilization	No difference in total admission or discharge-FIM between groups. NT-SCI had higher FIM efficiency (p < 0.001) and greater variability in FIM efficiency. Length of stay and discharge home were comparable between groups. NT-SCI had increased survival rates at 3 months, 1 year and 3 years(76.2% vs. 97.6%, 46.2% vs. 93.7%, and 27.3% vs. 86.7%, respectively)

FIM Functional Independence Measurement, FAC functional ambulation categories, LOS length of stay, MSCC malignant spinal cord compression, NT-SCI nontraumatic spinal cord injury