Study design: A systematic review. Objective: To critically review quality of life (QOL)
instruments used with spinal cord injury (SCI) populations. Setting: Vancouver, Canada …

Objective To determine the most effective and cost effective type of catheter for patients
performing intermittent self catheterisation in the community. Design Systematic review and …

Background Repeated symptomatic urinary tract infections (UTIs) affect 25% of people who
use clean intermittent self-catheterisation (CISC) to empty their bladder. We aimed to …

What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Values for equivalent health
states can vary substantially depending on the measure used and method of valuation; this …

Abstract Background Context Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) represents the most
common cause of non-traumatic spinal cord impairment in adults. Surgery has been shown …

Background Neuropathic or neurogenic bladder describes a process of dysfunctional
voiding as the result of injury in the brain, spinal cord or nerves innervating the bladder …

There is increasing evidence that neuroplastic changes can occur even years after spinal
cord injury, leading to reduced disability and better health which should reduce the cost of …

Objective To determine the minimal important difference (MID) in generic and prostate‐
specific health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) using distribution‐and anchor‐based …

The preservation of functional neural tissue after spinal cord injury (SCI) is the basis for
spontaneous neurological recovery. Some injured patients in the acute phase have more …

Abstract Background Context Underlying cognitive factors have been found to influence
patients' symptom experience. Current evidence suggests that concomitant changes in …