Browse the latest research summaries in the field of medical imaging for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2023 • May 1, 2023
The study aimed to determine if MRI indices of spinal cord damage can predict outdoor walking ability one year after SCI and if they provide additional predictive value when initial motor scores are a...
KEY FINDING: Midsagittal ventral tissue bridges, hyperintensity length, and BASIC scores significantly correlated with outdoor walking ability.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2023 • January 1, 2023
This study investigated the relationship between spinal cord cross-sectional area (SCCSA) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) metrics in pediatric subjects with and without spinal cord injury (SCI). Th...
KEY FINDING: In children with SCI, there was a positive correlation between FA (a DTI metric) and SCCSA, meaning that higher FA was associated with a larger spinal cord area.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2023 • January 1, 2023
This retrospective study compared renal ultrasound and MAG3 renal scans in 165 individuals with spinal cord injury to identify upper urinary tract stasis. MAG3 renal scans identified significantly mor...
KEY FINDING: MAG3 renal scan identified a significantly higher rate of upper tract stasis compared to renal ultrasound (P < 0.0001).
Scientific Reports, 2023 • May 1, 2023
This study examined metabolic profiles in the pons and cerebellum of individuals with complete SCI using magnetic resonance spectroscopy, revealing differences in tNAA, GSH, and choline levels compare...
KEY FINDING: Lower total N-acetyl-aspartate (tNAA) was found in the pons of chronic SCI participants compared to healthy controls.
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2023 • July 5, 2023
This study constructed a prediction model based on clinical and MRI features to assess the probability of developing irreversible neurological dysfunction (IND) in patients with cervical spinal cord i...
KEY FINDING: Six features, including age, AIS grade, signal of spinal cord (SC), maximum canal compromise (MCC), intramedullary lesion length (IMLL), and specialized institution-based rehabilitation (SIBR), were included in the model.
Korean J Neurotrauma, 2023 • May 16, 2023
This study aimed to investigate the ultrastructural changes in the electron microscopic findings of electrical spinal cord injury. On the first day after injury, an electron microscopic examination sh...
KEY FINDING: Electron microscopy revealed direct physical damage, damaged myelin sheaths, and vacuolated axons in the spinal cord one day after electrical injury.
Neural Regen Res, 2024 • April 1, 2024
In vivo imaging has the potential to reveal novel mechanisms of neuronal, glial, immune, and vascular responses to SCI in the mammalian CNS. Approaches for repeated in vivo imaging, in vivo imaging of...
KEY FINDING: In vivo imaging (especially two-photon microscopy) have provided direct optical access to both the superficial and deep layers of the spinal cord, to explore neuronal and non-neuronal activities of deeper structures in response to behaviors or specific diseases such as SCI.
Medicine, 2023 • December 1, 2023
This retrospective observational study aimed to clarify the association between swallowing disorder and prevertebral hyperintensity on MRI in patients with cervical spinal cord injury (CSCI) without a...
KEY FINDING: The incidence of swallowing disorders after CSCI in the absence of major fractures was 16.7%.
Scientific Reports, 2023 • December 13, 2023
This study shows remote tissue-specific perfusion impairment in the cervical cord in DCM patients above the compression site (C1-C3 levels). Blood velocity and blood flow indices were reduced in the a...
KEY FINDING: Cord atrophy was observed in the WM (− 9.3%; p = 0.005) and GM (− 6.3%; p = 0.008) in patients compared to healthy controls above the stenosis level.
Eur J Neurol, 2024 • January 1, 2024
Individuals with SCI were characterized by an accentuated loss of PNS integrity at the fascicular level compared with age-, gender-, and BMI-matched nondisabled controls. Notably, the volumes of DR...
KEY FINDING: Sciatic nerve CSA and lesion load were higher in individuals with SCI compared to controls.