Engaging Stakeholders as Advisors on the Design of a Large-Scale Calibration Study of the Spinal Cord Injury Movement Index (SCI-MI) Item Pools

Introduction People living with spinal cord injury (SCI) in North America are involved in the following as stake holders in research: identifying priorities for research; planning interventions; and implementing rehabilitation or peer-support interventions. The best practice is for partnerships to span the continuum of research. Project purpose: to collaborate with an advisory board of individuals living with SCI, to make recommendations for the methods of a large-scale calibration study of the Spinal Cord Injury Movement Index )SCI-MI). The SCI-MI is being developed as a SCI clinical trial outcome assessment to evaluate the construct of movement in the context of function using item-response theory

An Integrative Review of Clinical Outcome Assessments Used to Measure Carryover Effects of Exoskeletons and Functional Electrical Stimulation in Spinal Cord Injury

Introduction Functional electrical stimulation (FES) and exoskeletons are rehabilitation technologies that provide direct functional ability and potential carryover effects Carryover effects may be due to neuromuscular recovery, behavioral compensation, or a combination of both (Figure 1) Clinical outcome assessments (COAs) are used to measure recovery of function with and without the device o