Amiram Catz, Malka Itzkovich, Rotem Rozenblum, Keren Elkayam, Adi Kfir, Luigi Tesio, Harvinder Singh Chhabra, Dianne Michaeli, Gabi Zeilig, Einat Engel-Haber, Emiliana Bizzarini, Claudio Pilati, Salvatore Stigliano, Marcella Merafina, Giulio Del Popolo, Gabriele Righi, Jacopo Bonavita, Ilaria Baroncini, Nan Liu, Huayi Xing, Paulo Margalho, Ines Campos, Marcelo Riberto, Thabata Pasquini Soeira, Bobeena Chandy, George Tharion, Mrinal Joshi, Jean-François Lemay, Marie-Thérèse Laramée, Dorothyann Curran, Annelie Schedin Leiulfsrud, Linda Sørensen, Fin Biering-Sorensen, Henrik Hagen Poder, Nur Kesiktas, Lisa Burgess-Collins, Jayne Edwards, Aheed Osman, Vadim Bluvshtein
CONTEXT: The Spinal Cord Independence Measure is a comprehensive functional rating scale for individuals with spinal cord lesion (SCL). OBJECTIVE: To validate the scores of the three subscales of SCIM IV, the fourth version of SCIM, using advanced statistical methods. STUDY DESIGN: Multi-center cohort study. SETTING: Nineteen SCL units in 11 countries. METHODS: SCIM developers created SCIM IV following comments by experts, included more accurate definitions of scoring criteria in the SCIM IV form, and adjusted it to assess specific conditions or situations that the third version, SCIM III, does not address...
March 31, 2023: Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine