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Episode 13: Spinal Cord Injury and Mental Health
On this episodeof INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast, we'll learn about some common mental health challenges that people face after spinal cord injury, and about a Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research project funded by the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation that seeks to better understand and support the mental health of people with spinal cord injury.
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Enhancing Rehabilitation Participation in Patients with SCI/D Using Motivational Interviewing
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Mobile Rehabilitation for Daily Life Participation Post-Stroke
The researchers will focus on variability in depressed mood and quality of life among stroke survivors, and social support, a protective factor with a potential buffering effect on daily function and mood.
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NIH Toolbox for Assessment of Neurological and Behavioral Function--Cognition Battery, V3
Area of Assessment
Attention & Working MemoryCognition
Executive Functioning
Language
Processing Speed
Time
minutes , NIHTB (V3)-CBTime to administer a complete NIH Toolbox (V3) Cognitive Battery takes up to 32 minutes, however, due to individual difference in test takers, test administrators and other unknowns the test time may differ. The times for the individual tests are:
• NIH Toolbox Picture Vocabulary Test: 3 minutes
• NIH Toolbox Flanker Inhibitory Control and Attention Test: 3 minutes
• NIH Toolbox List Sorting Working Memory Test: 7 minutes
• NIH Toolbox Dimensional Change Card Sort Test: 4 minutes
• NIH Toolbox Pattern Comparison Processing Speed Test: 4 minutes
• NIH Toolbox Picture Sequence Memory Test: 7 minutes
• NIH Toolbox Oral Reading Recognition Test: 4 Minutes
• *NIH Oral Symbol Digit Test: 3 minutes
• *NIH Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test: 4 minutes
• *NIH Visual Reasoning Test: 7 minutes
• *NIH Face Name Associative Memory Exam Test: 7 minutes
• *NIH Speeded Matching Test: 3 minutes
*Supplemental tests can be used to better understand the participant’s cognitive functioning and are not included in the overall time estimate.
NIHTB (V2)-CB
Time to administer a complete NIH Toolbox (V2) Cognitive Battery takes up to 31 minutes, however, due to individual difference in test takers, test administrators and other unknowns the test time may differ. The times for the individual tests are:
• NIH Toolbox Picture Vocabulary Test: 4 minutes
• NIH Toolbox Flanker Inhibitory Control and Attention Test: 3 minutes
• NIH Toolbox List Sorting Working Memory Test: 7 minutes
• NIH Toolbox Dimensional Change Card Sort Test: 4 minutes
• NIH Toolbox Pattern Comparison Processing Speed Test: 3 minutes
• NIH Toolbox Picture Sequence Memory Test: 7 minutes
• NIH Toolbox Oral Reading Recognition Test: 3 Minutes
• *NIH Oral Symbol Digit Test: 3 minutes
• *NIH Auditory Verbal Learning Test: 3 minutes
*Supplemental tests can be used to better understand the participant’s cognitive functioning and are not included in the overall time estimate.
Assessment Type
Performance Measurecost
$599.99Rehabilitation Measure
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Evaluating the Utility of Spasticity and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in Pre-dicting Neurologic and Motor Functional Recovery after SCI
This project aims to assess the potential of spasticity and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) as biomarkers of neurologic and functional recovery in patients with subacute spinal cord injury (SCI).
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NBC Chicago Features Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Research Study About Investigational Treatment for Spinal Cord Injury
An NBC Chicago news story recently highlighted a first-of-its-kind study underway at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab — a clinical trial to test the safety and effectiveness of an investigational drug for patients with spinal cord injury (SCI).
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