de Groot S, Dallmeijer A J, Post M W M, van Asbeck F W A, Nene A V, Angenot E L D, van der Woude L H V
Rehabilitation Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Spinal Cord. 2006 Nov;44(11):668-75. doi: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101906. Epub 2006 Feb 7.
A multicenter prospective cohort study.
To compare the demographic data of the included population with other studied spinal cord injury (SCI) populations in the international literature.
Eight Dutch rehabilitation centers with a specialized SCI unit.
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.
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.
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.
一项多中心前瞻性队列研究。
将纳入人群的人口统计学数据与国际文献中其他已研究的脊髓损伤（SCI）人群的数据进行比较。
荷兰八家设有专门脊髓损伤治疗科室的康复中心。
共有205名脊髓损伤患者参与了本研究。在积极康复治疗开始时，通过问卷调查收集了有关个人、损伤及康复特征的信息。
研究组主要由男性（74%）、截瘫患者（59%）组成，且损伤完全（占比68%）。脊髓损伤主要由创伤引起（75%），主要原因是交通事故（42%）。临床康复时长在2个月至一年多之间不等，这似乎取决于损伤特征及相关合并症。
尽管由于“年龄”和“依赖轮椅”的纳入标准，纳入的老年受试者和不完全损伤受试者较少，但该多中心研究对象的个人及损伤特征与其他研究数据具有可比性。荷兰康复中心的住院时间比丹麦长，但比澳大利亚和美国等国长得多。
