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Browse the latest research summaries in the field of bioinformatics for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.

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Assistive TechnologyBioinformaticsRehabilitation

The Push Forward in Rehabilitation: Validation of a Machine Learning Method for Detection of Wheelchair Propulsion Type

Sensors, 2024 • January 19, 2024

This study validated a machine learning method for detecting self- or attendant-pushed wheelchair propulsion using data from inertial sensors mounted on the wheelchair. The method achieved high accura...

KEY FINDING: The machine learning method showed high accuracy in detecting the type of wheelchair propulsion, with an F1 score of 0.886 when using both frame and wheel sensors.

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Spinal Cord InjuryBioinformaticsDermatology

Integrated Machine Learning Approach for the Early Prediction of Pressure Ulcers in Spinal Cord Injury Patients

J. Clin. Med., 2024 • February 8, 2024

This study developed machine learning models to predict pressure ulcers (PUs) in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients during the acute and subacute phases of hospitalization. The SVM_linear algorithm, in...

KEY FINDING: SVM_linear algorithm showed superior predictive ability (AUC = 0.904, accuracy = 0.944).

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Spinal Cord InjuryNeurologyBioinformatics

Steroid inhibited Serpina3n expression which was positively correlated with the degrees of spinal cord injury

Heliyon, 2024 • February 29, 2024

This research investigates the potential of Serpina3n as a biomarker for spinal cord injury (SCI) severity and neurological recovery. The study found that Serpina3n expression in the injured spinal co...

KEY FINDING: Serpina3n protein expression significantly increased in the injured spinal cord segment after SCI, with higher levels in severe SCI cases.

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Spinal Cord InjuryGeneticsBioinformatics

Identification of key autophagy‑related genes and pathways in spinal cord injury

Scientific Reports, 2024 • March 9, 2024

This study identified 129 autophagy-related genes that might play a role in SCI, providing new targets for future research and offering new perspectives on the pathogenesis of SCI. The results of the ...

KEY FINDING: A total of 129 autophagy-related DEGs were identified, including 126 up-regulated and 3 down-regulated genes.

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Assistive TechnologyBioinformaticsBiomedical

Unsupervised learning for real-time and continuous gait phase detection

PLoS ONE, 2024 • November 1, 2024

The study introduces an unsupervised learning method for real-time and continuous gait phase detection, addressing limitations in current rehabilitation robotic systems. The method uses a pre-trained ...

KEY FINDING: The developed neural network model exhibits an average time error of less than 11.51 ms across all walking conditions, indicating its suitability for real-time applications.

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Assistive TechnologyNeurologyBioinformatics

Biosignal-integrated robotic systems with emerging trends in visual interfaces: A systematic review

Biophysics Reviews, 2024 • February 21, 2024

This paper reviews recent advancements in biosignal-integrated wearable robotics, with a particular emphasis on “visualization”—the presentation of relevant data, statistics, and visual feedback to th...

KEY FINDING: Novel nanomaterial-based sensor designs improve skin conformality, reduce noise, and enhance breathability.

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Spinal Cord InjuryBioinformaticsRehabilitation

Deep Learning-Based Prediction Model for Gait Recovery after a Spinal Cord Injury

Diagnostics, 2024 • March 8, 2024

This study developed a deep learning-based prediction model for gait recovery after SCI at the time of discharge from an acute rehabilitation facility. The study demonstrated that the RNN model outper...

KEY FINDING: The recurrent neural network (RNN) model significantly outperformed linear regression, Ridge, and Lasso methods in predicting gait recovery after SCI.

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Spinal Cord InjuryBioinformatics

Screening biomarkers for spinal cord injury using weighted gene co-expression network analysis and machine learning

Neural Regeneration Research, 2024 • December 21, 2023

The study aimed to explore the mechanisms of immune inflammation in the peripheral blood of SCI patients and identify potential therapeutic targets using high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics ...

KEY FINDING: Identification of 54 differentially expressed microRNAs and 1656 differentially expressed genes in SCI patients compared to healthy controls.

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Spinal Cord InjuryRegenerative MedicineBioinformatics

Global research trends and hotspots of artificial intelligence research in spinal cord neural injury and restoration—a bibliometrics and visualization analysis

Frontiers in Neurology, 2024 • April 2, 2024

This study investigates global research trends and hotspots in AI applications for spinal cord neural injury and restoration using bibliometric and visualization analysis. Key findings highlight the U...

KEY FINDING: The United States leads in the number of published articles on AI research in spinal cord neural injury and restoration.

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Spinal Cord InjuryMedical ImagingBioinformatics

SCIseg: Automatic Segmentation of T2-weighted Intramedullary Lesions in Spinal Cord Injury

medRxiv preprint, 2024 • April 21, 2024

This study introduces SCIseg, a deep learning-based tool for the automatic segmentation of the spinal cord and intramedullary lesions from T2-weighted MRI scans of SCI patients. SCIseg was trained and...

KEY FINDING: SCIseg, an open-source automatic method, was trained and evaluated on a dataset of 191 spinal cord injury patients from three sites for segmenting spinal cord and T2-weighted lesions.

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