Dr. Allan Kozlowski, assistant professor at Mount Sinai Hospital and secretary of the Measurement Networking Group, has organized a symposium at ACRM to highlight a sophisticated new statistical method for tracking rehabilitation outcomes.

He will present An Introduction to Individual Growth Curve Analysis on 26 October from 1:00 to 5:00 pm (Instructional Course #2949). Individual Growth Curve (IGC) Analysis is suited to examining rehabilitation outcomes by modeling change in individual differences within and between groups over time.

An example of IGC can be seen in:

Cuthbert JP, Pretz CR, BushnikT, Fraser RT, Hart T, Kolakowsky-Hayner SA, Malec JF, O’Neil-Pirozzi TM, Sherer M. Ten year employment patterns of working age individuals after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: A NIDRR Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2015 Aug 13. pii:S0003-9993(15)00652-8. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2015.07.020. [Epub ahead of print]