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Early predictionF using admission clinical indicators could facilitate decision-making and rehabilitation planning.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To preliminarily develop and validate a machine learning model using early admission clinical indicators for predicting post-rehabilitation walking ability probability (with a classification threshold of 0.5) in patients with NTSCI.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This retrospective study included model development and temporal external validation. We enrolled 148 NTSCI patients, randomly allocating them into training (80%) and internal test (20%) sets. Four feature sets were constructed from objective clinical measures. Nine algorithms were compared; Gradient Boosting Decision Tree (GBDT) was selected based on AUC, recall, and F2-score, followed by hyperparameter tuning. The final model was validated independently on a cohort of 37 NTSCI patients (July 2025 to May 2026). Ethical approval (M202616) and consent waiver obtained; retrospectively registered (MR-11-26-021748); no patient involvement.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The GBDT-based model outperformed all others. On internal testing, it achieved an AUC of 0.91 (95% CI: 0.77-1.00), recall 0.92 (95% CI: 0.71-1.00), and accuracy 0.90 (95% CI: 0.77-1.00). Key predictors included total lower limb muscle strength, age, and others. On temporal external validation, it showed encouraging performance with accuracy 0.81 (95% CI: 0.68-0.92) and recall 0.70 (95% CI: 0.40-1.00).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This preliminary model may have potential for predicting walking ability in patients with NTSCI; however, these findings are exploratory and require confirmation in larger, multicenter cohorts before any clinical application can be considered.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/15459683261493914","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,16]],"date-time":"2026-10-16T12:42:46Z","timestamp":1792154566000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A Machine Learning Model With Temporal Validation for Predicting Walking Ability in Nontraumatic Spinal Cord Injury"],"prefix":"10.1177","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3652-1487","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anni","family":"Tong","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Beijing Haidian Hospital, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jiekai","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"China Mobile Group Beijing Co., Ltd., Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"XiaoE","family":"Cai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Beijing Haidian Hospital, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lifan","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Beijing Haidian Hospital, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mengqi","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Beijing Haidian Hospital, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yang","family":"Gao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Beijing Haidian Hospital, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shugeng","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shuai","family":"Tong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Beijing Haidian Hospital, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wenting","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Beijing Haidian Hospital, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_5_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/10790268.2018.1517138"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2340\/16501977-2050"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S1474-4422(23)00287-9"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3346\/jkms.2023.38.e158"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1159\/000524867"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.wneu.2017.12.008"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12916-024-03514-9"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_9_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/s41598-024-52210-4"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_10_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1159\/000540818"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_11_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/15459683231166937"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_12_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1089\/neu.2011.2226"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_13_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/BRS.0000000000005500"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_14_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/10790268.2022.2069533"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_15_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/NPT.0000000000000428"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_16_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.46292\/sci23-00069"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_17_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.apmr.2023.08.011"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_18_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm14155209"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_19_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1227\/neu.0000000000003360_411"},{"issue":"4","key":"e_1_3_5_20_2","article-title":"Machine learning in clinical and epidemiological research: isn\u2019t it time for biostatisticians to work on it?","volume":"16","author":"Machine Learning in Clinical Research Group","year":"2019","unstructured":"Machine Learning in Clinical Research Group. 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