Browse the latest research summaries in the field of aging for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Global Spine Journal, 2025 • January 1, 2024
This retrospective multicenter study aimed to determine if early surgery for cervical spinal injury (CSI) in elderly patients affects complication rates and neurological outcomes compared to delayed s...
KEY FINDING: Early surgery is possible for CSI in elderly patients without increasing complication rates.
Scientific Reports, 2024 • March 7, 2024
This retrospective cohort study established malnutrition’s impact on mortality and neurological recovery of older patients with cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). In conclusion, 6% of older patients w...
KEY FINDING: 6% of older patients with cervical SCI had major nutrition-related risks based on the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI).
European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 2024 • June 1, 2024
This systematic review assessed clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for spinal cord injury (SCI) to determine the extent to which they address the needs of the aging population with SCI. The review fo...
KEY FINDING: Only 30% of the reviewed clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) included recommendations related to aging with spinal cord injury.
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2024 • June 20, 2024
This meta-analysis evaluated the accuracy of different objective methods for assessing lower extremity motor function in elderly individuals using data from 19 randomized controlled trials. The study ...
KEY FINDING: IMUs, motion sensors, 3D motion capture systems, and observational gait analysis can effectively assess changes in step velocity and step length in elderly individuals.
J Aging Environ, 2024 • January 1, 2024
This study assessed subjective perceptions of facilitators and barriers in community built and natural environments and examined their association with the frequency of engagement in social activities...
KEY FINDING: Facilitating features in the community built environment were associated with almost a two-fold higher odds of regularly engaging in informal social activities.
Spine Surg Relat Res, 2024 • April 3, 2024
This multicenter study analyzed data from 707 elderly patients with cervical SCI to identify risk factors for dysphagia. The study found that low GNRI before injury is an independent risk factor for d...
KEY FINDING: Low GNRI before injury was identified as an independent risk factor for dysphagia development in older adults with cervical SCI.
Spine Surg Relat Res, 2024 • April 3, 2024
This retrospective study analyzed data from 451 elderly patients with mid- or lower-cervical spine injuries to compare their characteristics and outcomes. The study revealed that high-energy trauma an...
KEY FINDING: Elderly patients with lower-cervical injuries are significantly more likely to have sustained the injury from high-energy trauma compared to those with mid-cervical injuries.
J. Clin. Med., 2024 • November 27, 2024
Individuals with SCI experience a pattern of decline during aging that is different from individuals without SCI. Muscle atrophy and skeletal muscle fiber type transformation occur rapidly and in uniq...
KEY FINDING: Muscle atrophy after SCI involves a rapid shift to type II fast-twitch glycolytic fibers, unlike the typical loss of type II fibers in normal aging. This leads to significant strength and endurance reduction.
Spinal Cord, 2021 • November 12, 2020
This study investigated the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and its changes over 6 years in older adults aging with long-term spinal cord injury (SCI). The results showed that while there were ...
KEY FINDING: Older adults with long-term SCI can maintain a relatively high and stable level of HRQoL over time, but there are large individual variations in HRQoL domains.
BMC Neurol, 2021 • June 29, 2021
This case report describes an 80-year-old man who presented to the ER with confusion and walking difficulties and was found to have spinal cord compression caused by a plasmacytoma. The patient's CSF ...
KEY FINDING: Spinal cord compression by plasmacytoma can lead to abnormal CSF levels of several known pathology markers for Alzheimer’s disease and neuronal damage.