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Social Participation in People with Multiple Sclerosis and Spinal Cord Injury: A Cross Sectional StudyIntroduction: The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) defines social participation as an individual's involvement in life situations.Participation measurement is therefore essential in clinical practice to define barriers and facilitators which help improve personu2019s integration in the community. Purpose: To study the influence of patientsu2019 medical diagnosis, level of activity and emotional status on social participation.Methods: A postal questionnaire given to a regional centre outpatient clinic attendants. The questionnaire includes the Impact on Participation and Autonomy (IPA) , the Mobility sub-scale of Nottingham Extended ADL (EADL) and the two depression screening questions.Results: Seventy two questionnaires received back with a response rate of 42%, most of the responder (94%) were of patients with either Multiple Sclerosis (50%) or Spinal Cord Injury (44%).the results showed that medical diagnosis does not predict social participation, however, after controlling for gender, the SCI has more restriction in social participation in Autonomy outdoors and social relations than MS (P