Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems of Care: The Legacy and the Promise

Issue title: Model Systems of Care

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Elliott, Timothy R. | Richards, J. Scott | DeVivo, Michael J. | Jackson, Amie B. | Stover, Samuel L.

Affiliations: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alabama, at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Abstract: The Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems of Care have served a unique role in the provision of integrated and coordinated care for persons with spinal cord injuries (SCI), and in collaborative research efforts to advance available technologies. Although the basic mission of the model systems remains viable, contemporary issues and trends indicate that the model systems concept ought to be expanded in terms of roles and functions to meet current needs.

Keywords: Spinal cord injury, model systems of care

DOI: 10.3233/NRE-1994-4205

Journal: NeuroRehabilitation, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 84-90, 1994