Title: > Topic: SCI: Executive Summary of Recommendations (2009) - Evidence Analysis Library
Headings: 
Spinal Cord Injury
SCI: Executive Summary of Recommendations (2009)

Content: Nutrition Assessment in the Rehabilitation Setting
If a patient is in the rehabilitation phase of spinal cord injury, the registered dietitian should conduct a nutrition assessment to develop and implement an individualized therapeutic nutrition plan for the patient. Evidence suggests that medical nutrition therapy by a registered dietitian may result in improved ability to participate in therapies and in an improved transition into the community setting. The nutrition assessment should include but is not limited to: Food- and nutrition-related history: Energy intake, diet order, food beverage intake, fiber intake, medication and herbal supplement use, mealtime behavior, nutrition-related ADL s and IADL s, physical activity, weight change
Anthropometrics: Weight change
Biochemical and medical tests and procedures: Swallow study, inflammatory profile, metabolic profile, albumin
Nutrition-focused physical findings: Digestive system; cardiovascular-pulmonary system, skin
Client history: Social history
Comparative standards: