Using Individual Growth Curve Models to Predict Recovery and Activities of Daily Living After Spinal Cord Injury: An SCIRehab Project Study

Longitudinal outcomes modeled as individual trajectories of change are clinically meaningful. Individual growth curve models could facilitate recovery prediction and outcome evaluation at individual and group levels. However, assessment of the effects of treatment on outcome trajectories will require the addition of outcome measures at time points during intervention and may require the use of outcome measures specific to aspects of rehabilitation, such as mobility and self-care.