Table 1.

Summary of FIM® and SCIM III Voluntary Musculoskeletal Movement Items.

FIM® (all items 7 levels)	SCIM III	# of levels for SCIM III items
Eating	Feeding	4 (0,1,2,3)
Grooming	Grooming	4 (0,1,2,3)
Bathing	Bathing upper body	4 (0,1,2,3)
	Bathing lower body	4 (0,1,2,3)
Dressing—upper body	Dressing upper body	5 (0,1,2,3,4)
Dressing—lower body	Dressing lower body	5 (0,1,2,3,4)
Toileting	Use of toilet	5 (0,1,2,4,5)
	Mobility in bed	4 (0,2,4,6)
Transfers: bed—chair—wheelchair	Transfers: bed—wheelchair	3 (0,1,2)
Transfers: toilet	Transfers: wheelchair—toilet—tub	3 (0,1,2)
Transfers: tub, shower
Locomotion	Mobility: indoors	9 (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)
Walk/wheelchair	Mobility: moderate distances	9 (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)
	Mobility: outdoors	9 (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)
Locomotion: stairs	Stair management	4 (0,1,2,3)
	Transfers: wheelchair—car	3 (0,1,2)
	Transfers: ground—wheelchair	2 (0,1)

Abbreviations: FIM®, Functional Independence Measure; SCIM III, Spinal Cord Independence Measure III.