title: Several time indicators and Barthel index relationships at different spinal cord injury levels.
abstract: METHODS
  Retrospective chart review.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To compare different injury levels in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients with respect to operation intervention time (OIT), rehabilitation intervention time (RIT), average length of hospital stay (ALOS) and Barthel Index (BI) on admission and discharge.
  
  
  METHODS
  China.
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively analyzed data from 95 SCI cases who received treatment in our rehabilitation center from 2010-2013.
  
  
  RESULTS
  SCI resulted from high falls (55.79%), traffic accidents (28.42%), diseases (8.42%) and low falls (7.37%). We found no correlations between OIT, RIT, ALOS and discharge BI for all spinal segments (P>0.05). The OIT of thoracic SCI and lumbar SCI correlated negatively with RIT (P<0.01). The OIT of lumbar SCI correlated negatively with ALOS (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  BI had no correlation with OIT, RIT or ALOS for all spinal segments; the OIT of thoracic and lumbar SCI correlated negatively with RIT; and the OIT of lumbar SCI correlated negatively with ALOS.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Anhui Provincial Hospital affiliated Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Anhui Provincial Hospital affiliated Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Anhui Provincial Hospital affiliated Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Anhui Provincial Hospital affiliated Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Anhui Provincial Hospital affiliated Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
authors.forename: W X
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.affiliation: The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Anhui Provincial Hospital affiliated Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Mu
authors.affiliation: The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Anhui Provincial Hospital affiliated Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Anhui Provincial Hospital affiliated Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Ni
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D061646:Operative Time; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D016896:Treatment Outcome