“…The literature is replete with studies identifying medical sequelae occurring after an SCI during initial hospitalizations or readmissions. A few studies (Better, Fine, Celes, & Owen, 1979;Lang, Durr, Hoffman, & Koeth, 1980;Starck, 1980;Young, Burns, Bowen, & McCutchen, 1982) identified the incidence of sequelae occurring after discharge from initial rehabilitation programs, but the time frame for the collection of these data was not clearly defined.…”