Browse the latest research summaries in the field of orthopedics for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2017 • February 2, 2017
This case report presents the successful rehabilitation of a patient with motor complete T12 paraplegia and a right transtibial amputation, who achieved independent ambulation with a customized prosth...
KEY FINDING: A patient with motor complete T12 paraplegia and right transtibial amputation achieved independent ambulation with a customized prosthesis and KAFO after 12 weeks of rehabilitation.
International Orthopaedics (SICOT), 2002 • June 8, 2002
This study assessed pre-operative factors affecting the surgical results of expansive laminoplasty for cervical spondylotic myelopathy in 37 patients. The study found that pre-operative JOA score, Pav...
KEY FINDING: Patients with better pre-operative JOA scores, greater compression ratios, and larger Pavlov ratios had better surgical outcomes.
Acta Orthopaedica, 2017 • April 1, 2017
This study evaluated the outcomes of surgical treatment for metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC) as the initial manifestation of malignancy (IMM) in 69 patients. The primary outcomes assessed wer...
KEY FINDING: Postoperative survival depends on the type of primary tumor, with prostate cancer and myeloma showing the longest survival.
Orthopaedic Surgery, 2017 • May 1, 2017
This case report describes a 31-year-old pregnant woman with a giant cell tumor (GCT) in her thoracic spine. The patient underwent cesarean section followed by tumor resection and spinal fusion, with ...
KEY FINDING: GCT in the mobile spine during pregnancy is rare, with only eight cases with detailed clinical data previously reported.
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.
Br J Sports Med, 2007 • April 30, 2007
This study investigated the shoulder joint kinetics of elite wheelchair tennis players during flat and kick serves, comparing them to able-bodied players to assess injury risk and inform coaching prac...
KEY FINDING: Wheelchair players generate similar pre-impact absolute racquet velocities in both flat and kick serves, but with different horizontal and lateral components.
Eur Spine J, 2008 • November 24, 2007
This retrospective study compared the frequency of limitations of ADL accompanying neck mobility after laminoplasty preserving the semispinalis cervicis inserted into the C2 spinous process with that ...
KEY FINDING: The frequency of limitations of ADL accompanying extension was lower in Group A (2%) than in Group B (17%) (P = 0.037).
Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2017 • June 8, 2017
This article presents a detailed experimental protocol for a 3-minute, all-out arm crank exercise test, applicable to both spinal-cord injured and able-bodied individuals. The protocol focuses on stan...
KEY FINDING: The 3-min all-out arm crank test demonstrates reliability in able-bodied participants, making it suitable for research and exercise testing.
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.
Neuroepidemiology, 2009 • November 8, 2008
This study examined both short- and long-term mortality in a 2-year cohort of veterans with preexisting neurological disorders and subsequent LE amputation in a large integrated US health system. Almo...
KEY FINDING: 43.3% of the 4,720 patients had neurological disorders documented prior to amputation.