title: Pediatric pelvic injury: functional outcome at 6-month follow-up.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Data on functional outcomes after pediatric pelvic fractures are limited to those obtained at hospital discharge. This study assesses functional status at both hospital discharge and at 6 months after injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  A national multicenter prospective study began in February 2002 and is ongoing. Patients completed WeeFIM functional assessments at hospital discharge and at 6-month follow-up as part of this study. This report summarizes preliminary functional assessment results from 20 patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patient data were accrued into 3 domains (self-care, mobility, and cognition), which constitute a total raw rating. Significant improvement at 6 months after injury was evident in self-care, mobility, and total raw ratings. This significance remained when total raw ratings were converted to age-adjusted functional quotients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This preliminary assessment shows that after pelvic fractures, children improve their functional status at 6 months, returning to near-normal status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA.
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Signorino
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Densmore
authors.forename: Marchelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Werner
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Winthrop
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stylianos
authors.forename: Karen S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Guice
authors.forename: Keith T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Oldham
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051346:Mobility Limitation; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000293:injuries*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life; D020127:Recovery of Function; D014481:United States