A quality improvement initiative to develop an interprofessional peripheral nerve transfer clinic for individuals with traumatic cervical spinal cord injury
As a result of this initiative, a care map of planned interprofessional services, their optimal timing across the continuum of care, and clinical functional and community integration outcomes were developed. Data collection and program evaluation are ongoing, and further work to mitigate barriers and develop educational materials around PNT surgery are intended to improve medical decision making and best practice implementation.
Authors
- Kelly Bishop
- Lawrence R. Robinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9590-8745)
- Julia Rybkina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5996-3512)
- Jana Dengler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4717-5305)
- Parvin Eftekhar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2706-6064)
- Kristina Guy
- B. Catharine Craven (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8234-6803)
- Sivakumar Gulasingam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4588-8341)
- Jordan Silverman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7945-3955)
- Sukhvinder Kalsi‐Ryan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2332-5986)
- Julio Cesar Furlan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2038-0018)
Institutions
- Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA)
- University Health Network (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- American Physical Therapy Association (US)
- Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (CA)
- Health Sciences Centre (CA)
- Institute for Work & Health (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Disability and Rehabilitation
- Published
- 2025-03-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2025.2461267
- Primary Topic
- Spinal Cord Injury Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Toronto Rehabilitation Institute