Publications 2015

• Aiachini B, Cremascoli S, Escorpizo R, Pistarini C. Validation of the ICF Core Set for Vocational Rehabilitation from the perspective of patients with spinal cord injury using focus groups. Disabil Rehabil. 2015.[Epub ahead of print]
• Amann J, Rubinelli S, Kreps G. Revisiting the concept of health literacy. The patient as information seeker and provider. The European Health Psychologist. 2015;17(6):286-90.
• Arnet U, Hinrichs T, Lay V, Bertschy S, Frei H, Brinkhof MWG; SwiSCI study group. Determinants of handbike use in persons with spinal cord injury: results of a community survey in Switzerland. Disabil Rehabil. 2015. [Epub ahead of print]
• Avellanet M, Selb M, Stucki G, Cieza A. Utility of using the ICF Core Sets in clinical practice. Utilidad del uso de los conjuntos básicos de la CIF en la práctica clínica. Rehabilitación (Madr). 2015;49(4):197-201.
• Ballert CS, Post MW, Brinkhof MW, Reinhardt JD; SwiSCI Study Group. Psychometric properties of the Nottwil Environmental Factors Inventory Short Form. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2015;96(2):233-40.
• Beaton DE, Dyer S, Boonen A, Verstappen SM, Escorpizo R, Lacaille DV, Bosworth A, Gignac MA, Leong A, Purcaru O, Leggett S, Hofstetter C, Peterson IF, Tang K, Fautrel B, Bombardier C, Tugwell PS. OMERACT Filter Evidence Supporting the Measurement of At-work Productivity Loss as an Outcome Measure in Rheumatology Research. J Rheumatol. 2015. [Epub ahead of print]
• Bertolo A, Gemperli A, Gruber M, Gantenbein B, Baur M, Pötzel T, Stoyanov J. In vitro cell motility as a potential mesenchymal stem cell marker for multipotency. Stem Cells Transl Med. 2015;4(1):84-90.
• Bertolo A, Schlaefli P, Malonzo-Marty C, Baur M, Pötzel T, et al. Comparative Characterization of Canine and Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived from Bone Marrow. Int J Stem Cell Res Ther. 2015;2:1.
• Bertolo A, Steffen F, Malonzo-Marty C, Stoyanov J. Canine Mesenchymal Stem Cell Potential and the Importance of Dog Breed: Implication for Cell-Based Therapies. Cell Transplant. 2015;24(10):1969-80.
• Bertolo A, Häfner S, Taddei AR, Baur M, Pötzel T, Steffen F, Stoyanov J. Injectable microcarriers as human mesenchymal stem cell support and their application for cartilage and degenerated intervertebral disc repair. Eur Cell Mater. 2015;12(29):70-80.
• Bertolo A, Arcolino F, Capossela S, Taddei AR, Baur M, Potzel T, Stoyanov J. Growth Factors Cross-Linked to Collagen Microcarriers Promote Expansion and Chondrogenic Differentiation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Tissue Eng Part A. 2015;21(19-20):2618-28.
• Bertschy, S, Bostan C, Meyer T, Pannek J. Medical complications during pregnancy and childbirth in women with SCI in Switzerland. Spinal Cord. 2015;1-5. [Epub ahead of print]
• Bertschy S, Geyh S, Pannek J, Meyer T. Perceived needs and experiences with healthcare services of women with spinal cord injury during pregnancy and childbirth - a qualitative content analysis of focus groups and individual interviews. BMC Health Serv Res. 2015;16(15):234.
• Bonavita J, Torre M, China S, Bressi F, Bonatti E, Capirossi R, Tiberti S, Olivi S, Musumeci G, Maietti E, Fekete C, Baroncini I, Brinkhof MWG, Molinari M Scivoletto G. Validation of the Italian version of the Spinal Cord Independence Measure (SCIM III) Self-Report. Spinal Cord. 2015. [Epub ahead of print]
• Bostan C, Oberhauser C, Stucki G, Bickenbach J, Cieza A. Which environmental factors are associated with lived health when controlling for biological health? - a multilevel analysis. BMC Public Health. 2015;15:508.
• Castrejon I, Carmona L, Agrinier N, Andres M, Briot K, Caron M, Christensen R, Consolaro A, Curbelo R, Ferrer M, Foltz V, Gonzalez C, Guillemin F, Machado PM, Prodinger B, Ravelli A, Scholte-Voshaar M, Uhlig T, van Tuyl LH, Zink A, Gossec, L. The EULAR Outcome Measures Library: development and an example from a systematic review for systemic lupus erythematous instruments. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2015;33(6):910-6.
• Chamberlain JD, Deriaz O, Hund-Georgiadis M, Meier S, Scheel-Sailer A, Schubert M, Stucki G. Epidemiology and contemporary risk profile of traumatic spinal cord injury in Switzerland. Inj Epidemiol. 2015;2(1):28.
• Chamberlain JD, Meier S, Mader L, von Groote P, Brinkhof MWG. Mortality and longevity after a spinal cord injury: systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuroepidemiology. 2015;44(3):182-98.
• Chang KH, Liao HF, Yen CF, Hwang AW, Chi WC, Escorpizo R, Liou TH. Association between muscle power impairment and WHODAS 2.0 in older adults with physical disability in Taiwan. Disabil Rehabil. 2015;37(8):712-20.
• Cieza A, Marta Anczewska M, Ayuso-Mateos JL, Mary Baker M, Bickenbach J, Chatterji S, Hartley S, Leonardi M, PitkänenT, PARADISE Consortium. Understanding the Impact of Brain Disorders: Towards a ‘Horizontal Epidemiology’ of Psychosocial Difficulties and Their Determinants. PLoS One. 2015;10(9):e0136271.
• Cieza A, Sabariego C, Anczewska M, Ballert C, Bickenbach J, Cabello M, Giovannetti A, Kaskela T, Mellor B, Pitkänen T, Quintas R, Raggi A, Switaj P, Chatterji S; PARADISE Consortium. PARADISE 24: A Measure to Assess the Impact of Brain Disorders on People's Lives. PLoS One. 2015;10(7):e0132410.
• Cieza A, Oberhauser C, Bickenbach J, Jones RN, Ustun TB, Kostanjsek N, Morris JN, Chatterji S. The English are healthier than the Americans: really? Int. J. Epidemiol. 2015;44(1): 229-38.
• Coenen M, Cabello M, Umlauf S, Ayuso-Mateos JL, Anczewska M, Tourunen J, Leonardi M, Cieza A; PARADISE Consortium. Psychosocial dofficulties from the perspective of persons with neuropsychiatric disorders. Disabil Rehabil. 2015;18:1-12.
• Covolo L, Rubinelli S, Ceretti E, Gelatti U. Online direct-to-consumer genetic testing: a help or a hindrance? J Med Internet Res. 2015;17(12):e279. [Epub ahead of print]
• Doganay Erdogan B, Elhan AH, Kaskatı OT, Öztuna D, Küçükdeveci AA, Kutlay S, Tennant A. Integrating patient reported outcome measures and computerized adaptive test estimates on the same common metric: an example from the assessment of activities in rheumatoid arthritis. Int J Rheum Dis. 2015. [Epub ahead of print]
• Doganay Erdogan B, Leung YY, Pohl C, Tennant A, Conaghan PG. Minimal Clinically Important Difference as Applied in Rheumatology: An OMERACT Rasch Working Group Systematic Review and Critique. J Rheumatol. 2015. [Epub ahead of print]
• Eriks-Hoogland I, de Groot S, Snoek G, Stucki G, Post M, van der Woude L. Association of Shoulder Problems in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury at Discharge From Inpatient Rehabilitation With Activities and Participation 5 Years Later. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2015. [Epub ahead of print]
• Escorpizo R, Summary and Way Forward: Doing more of ICF in physical therapy. Physiother Res Int. 2015;20(4):251-3.
• Escorpizo R, Bemis-Dougherty A. Introduction to Special Issue: A Review of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health and Physical Therapy over the Years. Physiother Res Int. 2015;20(4):200-9.
• Fekete C, Segerer W, Gemperli A, Brinkhof MWG. Participation rates, response bias and response behaviors in the community survey of the Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Cohort Study (SwiSCI). BMC Med Res Methodol. 2015;15(80):doi 10.1186.
• Fekete C, Weyers S, Siegrist J, Michel G, Gemperli A. Poor nutrition and substance use in a Swiss cohort of adults with spinal cord injury. J Public Health. 2015;23(1):25-35.
• Fekete C, Weyers S. Soziale Ungleichheit im Ernährungsverhalten - Befundlage, Ursachen und Interventionen. Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung – Gesundheitsschutz. 2015;1-9.
• Finger ME, Selb M, De Bie R, Escorpizo R. Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health in Physiotherapy in Multidisciplinary Vocational Rehabilitation: A Case Study of Low Back Pain. Physiother Res Int. 2015;20(4):231-41.
• Florio J, Arnet U, Gemperli A, Hinrichs T, SwiSCI study group. Need and use of assistive devices for personal mobility by individuals with spinal cord injury. J Spinal Cord Med. 2015. [Epub ahead of print]
• Gutenbrunner C, Bickenbach J, Kiekens C, Meyer T, Skempes D, Nugraha B, Bethge M, Stucki G. ISPRM discussion paper: Proposing dimensions for an international classification system for service organisation in health-related rehabilitation (ICSO-R). J Rehabil Med. 2015;47:809-15.
• Hinrichs T, Bücker B, Wilm S, Klaassen-Mielke R, Brach M, Platen P, Moschny A. Adverse events in mobility-limited and chronically ill elderly adults participating in an exercise intervention study supported by general practitioner practices. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015;63(2):258-69.
• Hinrichs T, Lay V, Arnet U, Eriks-Hoogland I, Koch HG, Rantanen T, Reinhardt JD, Brinkhof MW; SwiSCI study group. Age-related variation in mobility independence among wheelchair users with spinal cord injury: A cross-sectional study. J Spinal Cord Med. 2015. [Epub ahead of print]
• Huang SW, Chang KH, Escorpizo R, Hu CJ, Chi WC, Yen CF, Liao HF, Chiu WT, Liou TH. Using the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0) for Predicting Institutionalization of Patients With Dementia in Taiwan. Medicine (Baltimore). 2015;94(47):e2155.
• Huang SW, Chang KH, Escorpizo R, Chi WC, Yen CF, Liao HF, Chang FH, Chiu WT, Lin JW, Liou TH. Functioning and disability analysis by using WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 in older adults Taiwanese patients with dementia.Disabil Rehabil. 2015. [Epub ahead of print]
• Juvalta S, Post MW, Charlifue S, Noreau L, Whiteneck G, Dumont FS, Reinhardt JD. Development and cognitive testing of the Nottwil Environmental Factors Inventory in Canada, Switzerland and the USA. J Rehabil Med. 2015;47(7):618-25.
• Kiltz U, van der Heijde D, Boonen A, Cieza A, Stucki G, Khan MA, Maksymowych WP, Marzo-Ortega H, Reveille J, Stebbings S, Bostan C, Braun J. Development of a health index in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (ASAS HI): final result of a global initiative based on the ICF guided by ASAS. Ann Rheum Dis. 2015;74(5):830-5.
• Kuo CY, Liou TH, Chang KH, Chi WC, Escorpizo R, Yen CF, Liao HF, Chiou HY, Chiu WT, Tsai JT. Functioning and disability analysis of patients with traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury by using the world health organization disability assessment schedule 2.0. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2015;12(4):4116-27.
• Labrie N, Amati R, Camerini A, Zampa M., Zanini C. "What’s in it for us?” Six dyadic networking strategies in academia, SComS. 2015;15(1):158–60.
• Laxe S, Cieza A, Castaño-Monsalve B. Rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury in the light of the ICF. NeuroRehabilitation. 2015;36(1):37-43.
• Li L, Reinhardt JD, Zhang X, Pennycott A, Zhao Z, Zeng X, Li J. Physical function, pain, quality of life and life satisfaction of amputees from the 2008 Sichuan earthquake: A prospective cohort study. J Rehabil Med. 2015;47(5):466-71.
• Marti A, Boes S, Lay V, Escorpizo R, Trezzini B. The association between chronological age, age at injury and employment: Is there a mediating effect of secondary health conditions? Spinal Cord. 2015; doi:10.1038/sc.2015.159.
• Merlo C, Trummler M, Essig S, Zeller A. Vitamin D Deficiency in Unselected Patients from Swiss Primary Care: A Cross-Sectional Study in Two Seasons. PLoS One. 2015;10(9):e0138613.
• Müller R, Geyh S. Lessons learned from different approaches towards classifying personal factors. Disabil Rehabil. 2015;37(5):430-8.
• Müller R, Gertz KJ, Molton IR, Terrill AL, Bombardier CH, Ehde DM, Jensen MP. Effects of a Tailored Positive Psychology Intervention on Well-being and Pain in Individuals with Chronic Pain and a Physical Disability: A Feasibility Trial. Clin J Pain. 2015. [Epub ahead of print]
• Müller R, Peter C, Cieza A, Post MW, Van Leeuwen CM, Werner CS, Geyh S; SwiSCI study group. Social skills: A resource for more social support, lower depression levels, higher quality of life and participation in individuals with spinal cord injury? Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2015;96(3):447-55.
• Müller R, Terrill AL, Jensen MP, Molton IR, Ravesloot C, Ipsen C. Happiness, pain intensity, pain interference, and distress in individuals with physical disabilities. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2015;94(12):1041-51.
• Muzykewicz DA, Arnet U, Friden J, Lieber RL. The effect of intrinsic loading and reconstruction upon grip capacity and finger extension kinematics. J Hand Surg Am. 2015;40(1):96-101.
• Peter C, Müller R, Post MW, van Leeuwen CM, Werner CS, Geyh S; Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Cohort Study Group. Depression in spinal cord injury: assessing the role of psychological resources. Rehabil Psychol. 2015;60(1):67-80.
• Post MW, Reinhardt JD. Participation and Life Satisfaction in Aged People with Spinal Cord Injury: Does Age at Onset Make a Difference? Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil. 2015;21(3):233-40.
• Prodinger B, Laliberte Rudman D, Shaw L. Institutional ethnography: Studying the situated nature for human occupation. Journal of Occupational Science. 2015;22(1):71-81.
• Prodinger B, Ndosi M, Nordenskiöld U, Stamm T, Persson G, Andreasson I, Lundgren-Nilsson A. Rehabilitation provided to patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A comparison of three different Rheumatology clinics in Austria, Sweden and the UK from the perspectives of patients and health professionals. J Rehabil Med. 2015;47(2):174-82.
• Prodinger B, Darzins S, Magasi S, Baptiste S. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF): Opportunities and Challenges to the Use of the ICF for Occupational Therapy. World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin. 2015;71(2):108-14.
• Prodinger B, Stamm T, Petersson D, Stucki G, Tennant A. Toward a standardized reporting of outcomes in hand osteoarthritis: Developing a common metric of outcome measures commonly used to assess functioning. Arthritis Care & Research. 2015. [Epub ahead of print]
• Ptyushkin P, Cieza A, Stucki G. Most common problems across health conditions as described by the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health. Int J Rehabil Res. 2015;38:253-62.
• Rauch A, Hinrichs T, Oberhauser C, Cieza A; SwiSCI study group. Do people with Spinal Cord Injury meet the WHO recommendations on physical activity? Int J Public Health. 2015. [Epub ahead of print]
• Rogausch A, Beyeler C, Montagne S, Jucker-Kupper P, Berendonk C, Huwendiek S, Gemperli A, Himmel W. The influence of students’ prior clinical skills and context characteristics on mini-CEX scores in clerkships – a multilevel analysis. BMC Medical Education. 2015;15:208.
• Rubinelli S, Zanini C. Médias sociaux et santé. In: Gesundheitskompetenz in der Schweiz- Stand und Perspektiven. Swiss Academies Report, 2015;10(4): 75-77.
• Ruoranen K, Post MW, Juvalta S, Reinhardt JD. Participation and integration from the perspective of persons with spinal cord injuries from five European countries. J Rehab Med. 2015;47(3):216-22.
• Sabariego C, Oberhauser C, Posarac A, Bickenbach J, Kostanjsek N, Chatterji S, Officer A, Coenen M, Chhan L, Cieza A, Measuring Disability: Comparing the Impact of Two Data Collection Approaches on Disability Rates. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015;12(9):10329-51.
• Sabariego C, Oberhauser C, Posarac A, Bickenbach J, Kostanjsek N, Chatterji S, Officer A, Coenen M, Chhan L, Cieza A. Response to Madans et al. Comments on Sabariego et al. Measuring Disability: Comparing the Impact of Two Data Collection Approaches on Disability Rates. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. 2015. 13(1):e66.
• Sabariego C, Coenen M, Ballert C, Cabello M, Leonardi M, Anczewska M, Pitkänen T, Raggi A, Mellor B, Covelli V, Switaj P, Levola J, Schiavolin S, Chrostek A, Bickenbach J, Chatterji S, Cieza A. Determinants of psychosocial difficulties experienced by persons with brain disorders: towards a 'horizontal epidemiology' approach. PLoS One. 2015;10(12):e0141322.
• Schiariti V, Selb M, Cieza A, O'Donnell M. International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Core Sets for children and youth with cerebral palsy: a consensus meeting. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2015; 57(2):149-58.
• Schiariti V, Selb M, Cieza A, O'Donnell M. International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Core Sets for children and youth with cerebral palsy: contributions to clinical practice. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2015;57(2):203-4.
• Schlaefli P, Bertolo A, Malonzo C, Poetzel T, Baur M, Steffen F, Stoyanov J. An enzymatic method to rescue mesenchymal stem cells from clotted bone marrow samples. J Vis Exp. 2015;98.doi:10.3791/52694.
• Selb M, Escorpizo R, Kostanjsek N, Stucki G, Ustün B, Cieza A. A guide on how to develop an international classification of functioning, disability and health core set. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2015;5(1):105-17.
• Selb M, Kohler F, Robinson Nicol MM, Riberto M, Stucki G, Kennedy C, Üstün B. ICD-11: A comprehensive picture of health, an update on the ICD–ICF joint use initiative. J Rehabil Med. 2015;47(1):2-8.
• Skempes D, Stucki G, Bickenbach J. Health-related rehabilitation and human rights: analyzing states' obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2015; 96(1): 163-73.
• Skempes D, Bickenbach J. Strengthening rehabilitation for people with disabilities: A human rights approach as the essential next step to accelerating global progress. Am J Phys Med Rehab. 2015;94(10):823-8.
• Skempes D, Bickenbach J. Developing human rights based indicators to support country monitoring of rehabilitation services and programmes for people with disabilities: a study protocol. BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2015;15:25.
• Speroni C, Gobbi D, Gemperli A, Merlani P, Pagnamenta A. Potential predictors of visiting hours policies in the intensive care setting, Minerva Anestesiologica. 2015;81(12):1338-45.
• Stucki G. Rehabilitation und der Paradigmenwechsel der WHO. Swiss Medical Forum – Schweizerisches Medizin-Forum. 2015;16(52–53):1221–3.
• Stucki G, Reinhardt JD, Bickenbach J. Re: "Theoretical Foundations for the Measurement of Environmental Factors and Their Impact on Participation Among People With Disabilities". Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2015;96(9):1739-40.
• Süssmuth SD, Müller VM, Geitner C, Landwehrmeyer GB, Iff S, Gemperli A, Orth M. Fat-free mass and its predictors in Huntington's disease. Journal of Neurolology. 2015;262(6):1533-40.
• Timpka T, Jacobsson J, Ekberg J, Finch CF, Bickenbach J, Edouard P, Bargoria V, Branco P, Alonso JM. Meta-narrative analysis of sports injury reporting practices based on the Injury Definitions Concept Framework (IDCF): a review of consensus statements and epidemiological studies in athletics (track and field). 2015. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 2015;18(6):643–50.
• Trenaman L, Miller WC, Querée M, Escorpizo R; SCIRE Research Team. Modifiable and nonmodifiable factors associated with employment outcomes following spinal cord injury: A systematic review. J Spinal Cord Med. 2015 Jul;38(4):422-31.
• Twomey CD, Baldwin DS, Hopfe M, Cieza A. A systematic review of the predictors of health service utilisation by adults with mental disorders in the UK. BMJ Open. 2015;5(7):e007575.
• Twomey CD, Prince M, Cieza A, Baldwin DS, Prina AM. Cross-sectional associations of depressive symptom severity and functioning with health service use by older people in low-and-middle income countries. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2015;12(4):3774-92.
• van Leeuwen CMC, Edelaar-Peeters Y, Peter C, Stiggelbout AM, Post MWM. Psychological Factors And Mental Health In Persons With Spinal Cord Injury: An Exploration Of Change Or Stability. J Rehabil Med. 2015; 47:531–7.
• Vegter RJK, de Groot S, Lamoth CJ, Hartog J, Bekker JM, van der Scheer JW, van der Woude LHV, Veeger HEJ. Early motor learning changes in upper-limb dynamics and shoulder complex loading during handrim wheelchair propulsion. J Neuroeng. Rehabil. 2015;10:12-26.
• Vetterlia DCM, Lavaa SAG, Essig S, Milosevicg G, Cajörih G, Uehlingeri DE, Moora MB. Risk Behavior and Reciprocity of Organ Donation Attitudes in Young Men. Transplantation Proceedings. 2015; 47:1560-6.
• Wang P, Yang X, Yang Y, Yang L, Zhou Y, Liu C, Reinhardt JD, He C. Effects of whole body vibration on pain, stiffness and physical functions in patients with knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Rehabil. 2015;29(10):939-51.
• Wang P, Yang L, Li H, Lei Z, Yang X, Liu C, Jiang H, Zhang L, Zhou Z, Reinhardt JD, He C. Effects of whole-body vibration training with quadriceps strengthening exercise on functioning and gait parameters in patients with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis: a randomised controlled preliminary study. Physiotherapy. 2015;S0031-9406(15)03777-3.
• Wengenroth L, Rueegg CS, Michel G, Gianinazzi ME, Essig S, von der Weid NX, Grotzer M, Kuehni CE, for the Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group SPOG. Concentration, Working Speed and Memory: Cognitive Problems in Young Childhood Cancer Survivors and Their Siblings. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2015;62:875–82.
• Yang X, Wang P, Liu C, He C, Reinhardt JD. The effect of whole body vibration on balance, gait performance and mobility in people with stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Rehabil. 2015;29(7):627-38.
• Zanini C, Sarzi-Puttini P, Atzeni F, Di Franco M, Rubinelli S. Building bridges between doctors and patients: the design and pilot evaluation of a training session in argumentation for chronic pain experts. BMC Med Educ. 2015;9(15):89.
• Zanini C, Maino P, Möller JC, Gobbi C, Raimondi M, Rubinelli S. Enhancing clinical decisions about care through a pre-consultation sheet that captures patients’ views on their health conditions and treatments: A qualitative study in the field of chronic pain. Patient Education and Counseling. 2015; S0738-3991(15)30152-X.

Special Issue of the J Rehabilitation Medicine 2015

Title: The SwiSCI Cohort Study. Bickenbach J, Tennant A, Stucki G. (eds.)

• Brinkhof M, Al-Khodairy A, Eriks-Hoogland I, Fekete C, Hinrichs T, Hund-Georgiadis M, Mejer S, Scheel-Sailer A, Schubert M, Reinhardt J. Special Issue SwiSCI: Health conditions in people with spinal cord injury: contemporary evidence from a population-based community survey in Switzerland. J Rehab Med. 2015. [Epub ahead of print]
• Brinkhof MWG, Fekete C, Chamberlain JD, Post MWM, Gemperli A. Special Issue SwiSCI: Swiss national community survey on functioning after spinal cord injury: Protocol, characteristics of participants and determinants of non-response. J Rehabil Med. 2015. [Epub ahead of print]
• Geyh S, Kunz S, Müller R, Peter C. Special Issue SwiSCI: Describing functioning and health after spinal cord injury in the light of psychological-personal factors. J Rehab Med. 2015. [Epub ahead of print]
• Hinrichs T, Prodinger B, Brinkhof M, Gemperli A. Special Issue SwiSCI: Subgroups in epidemiological studies on spinal cord injury: evaluation of international recommendations in the Swiss Spinal Cord Injury (SwiSCI) Cohort Study. J Rehab Med. 2015. [Epub ahead of print]
• Mader L, Post WM, Ballert C, Michel G, Stucki G, Brinkhof MWG. Special Issue SwiSCI: Metric properties of the Utrecht Scale for Evaluation of Rehabilitation-Participation (USER-Participation) in persons with spinal cord injury living in Switzerland. J Rehab Med. 2015. [Epub ahead of print]
• Peter C, Essig Schulenberg S, Buchanan EM, Prodinger B, Geyh S. Special Issue SwiSCI: Rasch analysis of measurement instruments capturing psychological personal factors in persons with spinal cord injury. J Rehab Med. 2015. [Epub ahead of print]
• Prodinger B, Ballert C, Brach M, Brinkhof MWG, Cieza A, Hug K, Jordan X, Post MWM, Scheel-Sailer A, Schubert M, Tennant A, Stucki G. Special Issue SwiSCI: Toward standardized reporting for a cohort study on functioning. J Rehab Med. 2015. [Epub ahead of print]
• Prodinger B, Ballert C, Cieza A. Special Issue SwiSCI: Setting up a cohort study of functioning: From classification to measurement. J Rehab Med. 2015. [Epub ahead of print]
• Prodinger B, Ballert C, Brinkhof M, Tennant A, Post M. Metric Properties of the Spinal Cord Independence Measure – Self Report (SCIM-SR) in a community survey. J Rehab Med. 2015. [Epub ahead of print]
• Reinhardt JD, Ballert C, Brinkhof MWG, Post MWM. Special Issue SwiSCI: Perceived impact of environmental barriers on participation among people living with spinal cord injury in Switzerland. J Rehab Med. 2015. [Epub ahead of print]

• Bickenbach J. Legal Dimensions of Disability Evaluation: Work Disability and Human Rights. In: Escorpizo R, Brage S, Homa D, Stucki G. (eds.). Handbook of Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation: Application and implementation of the ICF. New York: Springer; 2015, 141-60.
• Bickenbach J, Toepkes C. Philosophie und Soziologie des Rechts. In von Hedderich I, Biewer G, Hollenweger J, Markowetz R. (eds.) Handbuch Inklusion und Sonderpädagogik. Stuttgart: UTB, 2015, 591-96.
• Bickenbach J. Ethics and equity in community health. In Mpofu E. (ed.) Community-oriented Health Services. New York: Springer Publishing Co. 2015, 63-86.
• Escorpizo R, Brage S, Homa D, Stucki G. Handbook of Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation. Application and Implementation of the ICF. New York: Springer; 2015.
• Escorpizo R. Conceptual Framework: Functioning and Disability. In: Escorpizo R, Brage S, Homa D, Stucki G. (eds.). Handbook of Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation: Application and implementation of the ICF. New York: Springer; 2015, 11-41.
• Escorpizo R, Brage S, Homa D, Stucki, G. Challenges and opportunities. In: Escorpizo R, Brage S, Homa D, Stucki G. (eds.). Handbook of Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation: Application and Implementation of the ICF (Handbooks in Health, Work, and Disability). Cham Switzerland: Springer. 2015.
• Escorpizo R, Trenamann LM, Miller W. Spinal Cord Injury: Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation. In: Escorpizo R, Brage S, Homa D, Stucki G. (eds.). Handbook of Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation: Application and implementation of the ICF. New York: Springer; 2015, 239- 61.
• Escorpizo R. ICF: Concepts and application to return to work. In Weber A, Peschkes L, de Boer WEL (eds), Return to Work - Arbeit für alle: Grundlagen der beruflichen Reintegration. Stuttgart Germany: Gentner Verlag.2015.
• Gottschalk S, Müller R, Strubreither W. Psychologische Schmerztherapie bei chronischem Schmerzen. In: Strubreither W, Neikes M, Stirnimann D, Eisenhuth J, Schulz B. Klinische Psychologie bei Querschnittlähmung. Wien: Springer. 2015.
• Fekete C. Caregiver burden. In: Wright JD. (ed.). International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition. Oxford: Elsevier, 2015; 135-8.
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