title: Demographics of the Dutch multicenter prospective cohort study 'Restoration of mobility in spinal cord injury rehabilitation'.
abstract: METHODS
  A multicenter prospective cohort study.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To compare the demographic data of the included population with other studied spinal cord injury (SCI) populations in the international literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eight Dutch rehabilitation centers with a specialized SCI unit.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 205 individuals with SCI participated in this study. Information about personal, lesion and rehabilitation characteristics were collected at the beginning of active rehabilitation by means of a questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The research group mainly consisted of men (74%), of individuals with a paraplegia (59%), and had a complete lesion (68%). The SCI was mainly caused by a trauma (75%), principally due to a traffic accident (42%). The length of clinical rehabilitation varied between 2 months and more than a year, which seemed to be dependent on the lesion characteristics and related comorbidity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The personal and lesion characteristics of the subjects of the multi-center study were comparable to data of other studies, although fewer older subjects and subjects with an incomplete lesion were included due to the inclusion criteria 'age' and 'wheelchair-dependent'. The length of stay in rehabilitation centers in The Netherlands was longer compared to Denmark but much longer than in eg Australia and the USA.
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Groot
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Dallmeijer
authors.forename: M W M
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Post
authors.forename: F W A
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: van Asbeck
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Nene
authors.forename: E L D
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Angenot
authors.forename: L H V
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: van der Woude
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D020127:Recovery of Function / Q000502:physiology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D014910:Wheelchairs