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The Walking index for spinal cord injury (WISCI) is an outcome measure intended for use in clinical studies. Outcome measures are important tools for spinal cord injury cure research because they provide a way of measuring change - which is necessary to evaluate and assess the impact of an intervention.
To facilitate the use of this tool in future clinical research studies, we are providing this material.
Instructions for the Use of the Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury II (WISCI II)
The information in this manual is based on current observations in clinical studies and recent publications. This manual will require ongoing modifications based on knowledge gained from future clinical trials as they occur. (WISCI Guide - Full Text PDF 18 kb)
WISCI Scoring Form (Full Text PDF 18 kb)
- Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury (WISCI II) Descriptors
- Scoring Sheet for the Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury (WISCI II)
WISCI - Full Text Articles
Walking index for spinal cord injury (WISCI II): scale revision (Full Text PDF 121 kb)
PL Ditunno and JF Ditunno Jr ( misspelled in original as JF Dittuno Jr ). Spinal Cord (2001) 39, 654-656
WISCI Criterion Validation (Full Text PDF 145 kb)
B Morganti, Scivoletto, P Ditunno JF Ditunno, and M Molinari. Spinal Cord (2005) 43, 27-33
Walking index for spinal cord injury (WISCI): an international multicenter validity and reliability study (Full Text PDF 158 kb)
JF Ditunno, Jr., PL Ditunno, B. Graziani, G. Scivoletto, M. Bernardi, V. Castellano, M. Marchetti, H. Barbeau, HL Frankel, JM D'Andrea Greve, H-Y Ko, R. Marshall, P. Nance. Spinal Cord (2000) 38, 234-243
Full text versions of Dr. Ditunno's articles appear here with permission of the journal Spinal Cord. The journal's website is www.nature.com/sc/
WISCI Posters and Presentations
Burns AS, Coward C, Ditunno JF, Marino RJ. Relationship of ambulation speed and Physiologic Cost Index (PCI) to Walking Index in Spinal Cord Injury (WISCI) level in chronic spinal cord injury. 29th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association, Miami, FL, April 4 - 6, 2003. (PDF 502 kb)
Ditunno JF, Jr., Burns AS, West C, Patrick M. Clinical validation of the Walking Index in Spinal Cord Injury (WISCI) scale: a preliminary report. 29th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association, Miami, FL, April 4 - 6, 2003. (PDF 454 kb)
Ditunno JF, West C, Schmidt M, Patrick M. Validation and refinement of the Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury (WISCI) in a clinical setting. 30th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association, Denver, CO, May 14 - 16, 2004.
Ditunno JF, Jr., Dobkin BH. Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury (WISCI): response to change in a clinical trial (SCILT) and setting (TJU). Clinical Trials Workshop, International Campaign for Cures of Spinal Cord Injury Paralysis, Vancouver, Canada, February 20 - 21, 2004. (PDF 1,068 kb)
Marino RJ, Burns AS, Coward C, Ditunno JF. Relationship between Walking Index in Spinal Cord Injury (WISCI) level, neurological status and walking speed in SCI. 29th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association, Miami, FL, April 4 - 6, 2003. (PDF 493 kb)
Patrick M, Ditunno P, Ditunno JF, Jr. A comparison of spinal cord injury (SCI) consumers/staff preference for walking: a pilot study. 29th Annual Scientific Meeting of American Spinal Injury Association, Miami, FL, April 4 - 6, 2003. (PDF 473 kb)
