Utilization of rehabilitation services in violent versus nonviolent traumatic spinal cord injury

• DOI: 10.1002/pmrj.13105
• Publication Date: 2023-11-08T08:59:12Z
• Authors: Heather M. Barnett; Josh M. Wilson; Thitikan Kunapaisal; Deepika Nehra; Monica S. Vavilala; Jeanne M. Hoffman; Deborah A. Crane
• Keywords: Etiology

Violence is the third leading cause of spinal cord injury (SCI) in United States, and people with violence-related SCI have worse long-term outcomes compared to other traumatic etiologies. Little known, however, about underlying reasons for these differences. Access utilization rehabilitation services may differ this population, but their outpatient care has not been previously investigated.