Browse the latest research summaries in the field of medical imaging for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Reumatologia, 2017 • April 1, 2017
Cervical spine involvement is common in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and can lead to various types of instability, potentially causing neurological complications. Early identification of these instabilit...
KEY FINDING: Plain radiographs are a common initial imaging method due to their availability and low cost, particularly for assessing atlanto-axial joint anomalies using functional radiographs in flexion and extension.
Neural Regeneration Research, 2017 • May 1, 2017
Following SCI, the musculoskeletal system undergoes changes, including loss of muscle size and strength, leading to reduced bone mineral density and other health issues. Analyzing the cross-sectional ...
KEY FINDING: MRI is an effective method for analyzing lower leg muscles in SCI patients, providing detailed information about muscle volume, architecture, and composition.
Eur Spine J, 2008 • July 18, 2008
The study evaluated the cost-effectiveness of percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVT) compared to conservative medical therapy (CMT) for acute osteoporotic vertebral fractures. PVT showed superior short-ter...
KEY FINDING: PVT resulted in a significantly greater reduction in pain and improvement in ambulation and activities of daily living at 1 week and 3 months compared to CMT.
Osteoporos Int., 2010 • June 1, 2010
Surveillance of femur metaphysis bone mineral density (BMD) decline after spinal cord injury (SCI) may be subject to slice placement error of 2.5%. Adaptations to anti-osteoporosis measures should exc...
KEY FINDING: BMD demonstrated a rapid decline over 2 years post-injury.
Eur Spine J, 2010 • May 25, 2010
This study presents comprehensive data on a large patient population with acute thoracolumbar spinal injuries. The study updates results and presents clinical outcomes of current operative treatment s...
KEY FINDING: Combined posteroanterior surgery led to the best correction of posttraumatic deformity.
Ultrasound Med Biol, 2010 • October 1, 2010
This study evaluated the reliability and responsiveness of musculoskeletal ultrasound (US) in assessing muscle and tendon characteristics in individuals with and without spinal cord injury (SCI). The ...
KEY FINDING: Ultrasound detected muscle hypertrophy (p < 0.05) following electrical stimulation training in subjects with SCI (responsiveness), but did not detect differences in tendon thickness.
International Orthopaedics (SICOT), 2011 • January 11, 2011
The study presents four cases of traumatic thoraco-lumbar spondyloptosis causing complete spinal cord transaction. These patients sustained high-energy closed spinal injuries and underwent surgical in...
KEY FINDING: All four patients with traumatic spondyloptosis had complete spinal cord or cauda equina transection.
PLoS ONE, 2017 • July 10, 2017
This study aimed to describe the white matter alterations associated with unilateral cerebellar lesions by reconstructing the MCP and SCP using diffusion-based tractography. The most intriguing findin...
KEY FINDING: Unilateral cerebellar lesions are associated with bilateral microstructural changes in the middle and superior cerebellar peduncles (MCP and SCP).
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 2017 • October 1, 2017
This study evaluated the test-retest and interreader reproducibility of semiautomated atlas-based segmentation of DTI of the cervical spinal cord in patients with acute trauma. Atlas-based parcellatio...
KEY FINDING: Test-retest reproducibility of fractional anisotropy was high for white matter as a whole (coefficient of variation, 3.8%; intraclass correlation coefficient, 0.93).
Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 2018 • April 1, 2018
This study used MRI to investigate the relationship between spinal cord damage and motor function in individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI). The findings indicated that total spinal cor...
KEY FINDING: Total spinal cord damage was significantly correlated with averaged plantarflexion torque, averaged knee extension torque, and distance walked in 6 minutes.