Publications 2016

Perceived impact of environmental barriers on participation among people living with spinal cord injury in Switzerland.
Reinhardt JD, Ballert CS, Brinkhof MWG, Post MWM: Perceived impact of environmental barriers on participation among people living with spinal cord injury in Switzerland, Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 2016; 48: 210-218.

Activity and participation, Environmental factors, Quality of life

From the person's perspective: Perceived problems in functioning among individuals with spinal cord injury in Switzerland.
Rubinelli S, Glässel A, Brach M: From the person’s perspective: Perceived problems in functioning among individuals with spinal cord injury in Switzerland, Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 2016; 48: 235-243.

Community survey spinal cord injury, Functioning, ICF

Setting up a cohort study of functioning: From classification to measurement.
Prodinger B, Ballert CS, Cieza A: Setting up a cohort study of functioning: From classification to measurement, Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 2016; 48: 131-140.

Cohort study, Functioning, Methodology

Labor Market Integration of People with Disabilities: Results from the Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Cohort Study
Reinhardt JD, Post MWM, Fekete C, Trezzini B, Brinkhof MWG, on behalf of SwiSCI Study Group: Labor Market Integration of People with Disabilities: Results from the Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Cohort Study. PLOS ONE, 2016; 11(11): e0166955. Published online 2016 Nov 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166955

Activity and participation, Community survey spinal cord injury, Functioning, Labour market participation, Productive activities, comparison general population

Associations with being physically active and the achievement of WHO recommendations on physical activity in people with spinal cord injury.
Rauch A, Hinrichs T, Cieza A: Associations with being physically active and the achievement of WHO recommendations on physical activity in people with spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord advance online publication 16 August 2016; doi: 10.1038/sc.2016.126.

Community survey spinal cord injury, Functioning, Health behaviour, Sports spinal cord injury

Fair opportunities, social productivity and wellbeing in disability: Towards a theoretical foundation.
Siegrist J and Fekete C: Fair opportunites, social productivity and wellbeing in disability: Towards a theoretical foundation. J Rehabil Med, 2016 Jun 13;48(6):494-9. doi: 10.2340/16501977-2106.

Productive activities, Quality of life, Wellbeing

Metric properties of the Spinal Cord Independence Measure – Self report in a community survey.
Prodinger B, Ballert CS, Brinkhof MWG, Tennant A, Post MWM: Metric properties of the Spinal Cord Independence Measure - Self report in a community survey, Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 2016; 48: 149-164.

Community survey spinal cord injury, Methodology, Rasch analysis, Testing of metric properties

Health conditions in people with spinal cord injury: Contemporary evidence from a population-based community survey in Switzerland.
Brinkhof MWG, Al-Khodairy A, Eriks-Hoogland I, Fekete C, Hinrichs T, Hund-Georgiadis M, Meier S, Scheel-Sailer A, Schubert M, Reinhardt JD: Health conditions in people with spinal cord injury: Contemporary evidence from a population-based community survey in Switzerland, Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2016 Feb;48(2):197-209. doi: 10.2340/16501977-2039.

Community survey spinal cord injury, Health care, Health condition, Morbidity

Swiss national community survey on functioning after spinal cord injury: Protocol, characteristics of participants and determinants of non-response.
Brinkhof MWG, Fekete C, Chamberlain JD, Post MWM, Gemperli A: Swiss national community survey on functioning after spinal cord injury: Protocol, characteristics of participants and determinants of non-response. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 2016; 48: 120-130.

Cohort study, Data quality, Functioning, Methodology, Survey response

Rasch analysis of measurement instruments capturing psychological personal factors in persons with spinal cord injury.
Peter C, Schulenberg SE, Buchanan EM, Prodinger B, Geyh S: Rasch analysis of measurement instruments capturing psychological personal factors in persons with spinal cord injury. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 2016; 48: 175-188.

Community survey spinal cord injury, Methodology, Personal factors, Rasch analysis, Testing of metric properties

Subgroups in epidemiological studies on spinal cord injury: Evaluation of international recommendations in the Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Cohort Study.
Hinrichs T, Prodinger B, Brinkhof MWG, Gemperli A: Subgroups in epidemiological studies on spinal cord injury: Evaluation of international recommendations in the Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Cohort Study, Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 2016; 48: 141-148.

Cohort study, Methodology

Describing functioning and health after spinal cord injury in the light of psychological–personal factors.
Geyh S, Kunz S, Müller R, Peter C: Describing functioning and health after spinal cord injury in the light of psychological–personal factors. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 2016; 48: 219-234.

Community survey spinal cord injury, Functioning, Personal factors

Metric properties of the Utrecht Scale for Evaluation of Rehabilitation-Participation (USER-Participation) in persons with spinal cord injury living in Switzerland.
Mader L, Post MWM, Ballert CS, Michel G, Stucki G, Brinkhof MWG: Metric properties of the Utrecht Scale for Evaluation of Rehabilitation-Participation (USER-Participation) in persons with spinal cord injury living in Switzerland. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 2016; 48: 165-174.

Community survey spinal cord injury, Methodology, Rasch analysis, Testing of metric properties

The SwiSCI Cohort Study
Bickenbach J, Tennant A, Stucki G: Special Issue SwiSCI: The SwiSCI Cohort Study. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 2016; 48: 117-119.

Cohort study

Prevalence and associated factors of pain in the Swiss spinal cord injury population
Müller R, Brinkhof MW, Arnet U, Hinrichs T, Landmann G, Jordan X, Béchir M: Prevalence and associated factors of pain in the Swiss spinal cord injury population. Spinal Cord. 2016 Nov 15.

Community survey spinal cord injury, Morbidity, Pain, Personal factors

Posttraumatic Growth and Adjustment to Spinal Cord Injury: Moderated by Posttraumatic Depreciation?
Kunz S, Joseph S, Geyh S, Peter C, on behalf of SwiSCI Study Group: Posttraumatic Growth and Adjustment to Spinal Cord Injury: Moderated by Posttraumatic Depreciation?. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 2016 Jun 27. [Epub ahead of print].

Inception cohort, Personal factors, Posttraumatic growth

Vitality and mental health in disability: Associations with social relationships in persons with spinal cord injury and their partners
Tough H, Fekete C, Brinkhof MWG, Siegrist J: Vitality and mental health in disability: Associations with social relationships in persons with spinal cord injury and their partners. Disability and Health Journal (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2016.12.008

Community survey spinal cord injury, Productive activities, Wellbeing

Toward standardized reporting for a cohort study on functioning: The Swiss spinal cord injury cohort study
Prodinger B, Ballert CS, Brach M, Brinkhof MW, Cieza A, Hug K, Jordan X, Post MW, Scheel-Sailer A, Schubert M, Tennant A, Stucki G; SwiSCI Study Group: Toward standardized reporting for a cohort study on functioning: The Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Cohort Study. J Rehabil Med. 2016 Feb;48(2):189-96. doi: 10.2340/16501977-2026.

Methodology