Browse the latest research summaries in the field of healthcare for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Global Spine Journal, 2021 • April 1, 2021
The scoping review investigates how to influence policymakers to support individuals with SCI by examining existing literature and identifying key factors that impact policy decisions. Key findings ar...
KEY FINDING: The economic impact of SCI and the cost-efficiency of medical and rehabilitation services can influence policymakers.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2023 • January 1, 2023
This study aimed to identify polypharmacy rates, risk factors, and commonly prescribed medications among individuals with SCI to inform medication management practices. The study found that 45% of ind...
KEY FINDING: The most commonly treated conditions among SCI patients were pain (56.5%), muscle spasms (54%), and urinary tract infections (43%).
European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 2022 • April 1, 2022
This paper describes the development of a rehabilitation service type framework for spinal cord injury/disorder (SCI/D) in Switzerland, called the SCI/D Framework, using a multistage consensus process...
KEY FINDING: The SCI/D Framework version encompassed 19 rehabilitation service types, structured in nine different clusters.
Global Spine Journal, 2022 • June 1, 2022
This systematic review examines the direct costs of spinal cord injury (SCI) across different countries and socioeconomic levels. The review found substantial variation in methodologies, cost descript...
KEY FINDING: The cost of acute care ranged from $290 to $612,590, inpatient rehabilitation from $19,360 to $443,040, the first year after injury from $32,240 to $1,156,400, and the ensuing years from $4,490 to $251,450.
BMJ Open, 2021 • July 8, 2021
This study aims to co-develop, implement, and evaluate a HCT intervention to support young people with SCI. The study will use a participatory action research approach to involve young people with SCI...
KEY FINDING: The study is the first to use a participatory action research approach to co-create and evaluate a healthcare transition support intervention for youth with spinal cord injuries.
Neuroinformatics, 2022 • August 4, 2021
The paper reports on the development of the Open Data Commons for Spinal Cord Injury (ODC-SCI), a data-sharing ecosystem focusing on preclinical data. ODC-SCI was developed with community-based agile ...
KEY FINDING: The SCI community was receptive to data sharing, but there were disagreements on how open or restrictive sharing should be.
Spinal Cord, 2022 • August 10, 2021
This study protocol describes a type II hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial to improve physical activity (PA) among individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). The trial aims to evaluate the impl...
KEY FINDING: The study will evaluate the implementation of coordinated physical activity (PA) coaching delivered by physiotherapists and SCI peers during the transition from in-hospital care to living in a community.
Health Services Research, 2021 • January 1, 2021
This article analyzes the unmet health care needs of persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). We compared the results between low- and high-income groups across 20 countries to identify areas for interv...
KEY FINDING: Unmet health care needs are significant for people with long-term conditions like SCI, and those in low-income groups are more affected.
Scientific Data, 2021 • August 16, 2021
This study introduces a standardized spine generic quantitative MRI protocol and associated datasets acquired across multiple centers and MRI manufacturers. The datasets, consisting of single-subject ...
KEY FINDING: The spine generic protocol demonstrated high reproducibility across different MRI sites and manufacturers, with an average inter-site coefficient of variation of less than 5% for most metrics.
World Journal of Urology, 2022 • August 17, 2021
The current health crisis has drastically impacted patient management in many fields, including neuro-urology, leading to a mandatory reorganization. The aim of this work was to establish guidelines r...
KEY FINDING: Among the 206 initial items, 163 were selected and divided into four domains, diagnosis and assessment, treatment, follow-up, and complications, and two sub-domains, general and condition-specific.