Table 1.
Patient and Injury Characteristics by Injury Group
| Neurological injury group | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | C1–4 AIS A,B,C | C5–8 AIS A,B,C | T1–S5 AIS A,B,C | AIS D | Total |
| Sample size; n (%) | 34 (13) | 38 (14) | 78 (30) | 112 (42) | 262 (100) |
| Age at injury; median (min, max) | 50.3 (16.3, 80.4) | 39.1 (18.4, 81.5) | 37.2 (17.6, 76.2) | 49.7 (15.6, 87.2) | 45.9 (15.6, 87.2) |
| Gender (male, %) | 94.1 | 84.2 | 79.5 | 86.6 | 85.2 |
| Mechanism of injury; n (%) | |||||
| Transport | 14 (5.3) | 20 (7.6) | 36 (13.7) | 32 (12.2) | 102 (38.9) |
| Falls | 15 (5.7) | 10 (3.8) | 22 (8.4) | 52 (19.8) | 99 (37.8) |
| Sport | 5 (1.9) | 5 (1.9) | 14 (5.3) | 16 (6.1) | 40 (15.3) |
| Assault | 0 (0) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.8) | 3 (1.1) |
| Days from injury to rehabilitation admission; median (95% CI) | 34.5 (25.4, 42) | 41 (31, 47) | 19 (16, 23) | 16 (14, 18) | 20.5 (18, 23) |
| Admission motor FIM score; mean (SD) | 13.6 (2.1) | 18.7 (5.6) | 32.8 (10.5) | 48.6 (23) | 35.1 (21) |
| median (95% CI) | 13 (13, 13) | 18 (14, 21) | 31 (29, 33) | 49.5 (40, 57) | 30 (26, 32) |
| Discharge motor FIM score; mean (SD) | 37.3 (27) | 48.8 (19.7) | 74.6 (12.4) | 80.3 (12.2) | 68.4 (22.7) |
| median (95% CI) | 23.5 (18, 42) | 46 (35, 60) | 77 (75, 78) | 84 (83, 86) | 77.5 (76, 79) |
| Pressure ulcer; n (%) | 22 (64.7) | 24 (63.1) | 31 (39.7) | 15 (13.4) | 92 (35.1) |
| Urinary tract infection; n (%) | 26 (76.5) | 27 (71.1) | 53 (67.9) | 30 (26.8) | 136 (51.9) |
| Pneumonia; n (%) | 8 (23.5) | 6 (15.7) | 1 (1.3) | 5 (4.5) | 20 (7.6) |
AIS, American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Impairment Scale; CI, confidence interval; FIM, Functional Independence Measure; SD, standard deviation.