Browse the latest research summaries in the field of rehabilitation for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Bioelectronic Medicine, 2023 • May 16, 2023
This review summarizes the effects of five types of neuromodulation (FES, ES, FNS, TSCS and EES) on improving trunk and sitting functions in people with SCI, discussing limitations and future research...
KEY FINDING: Neuromodulation techniques, including FES, ES, FNS, TSCS, and EES, have shown potential in improving trunk stability and sitting functions in individuals with SCI.
Journal of Orthopaedics, 2023 • May 16, 2023
This review explores the current clinical management of spinal cord injury (SCI), focusing on strategies to mitigate secondary injury mechanisms. The review highlights the importance of early decompre...
KEY FINDING: Early surgical decompression (within 24 hours of injury) is associated with improved sensorimotor recovery in SCI patients.
Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 2023 • July 1, 2023
This study investigates the relationship between hand grasp types used at home by individuals with cervical SCI and their clinical assessment scores. Egocentric video was used to record and analyze ha...
KEY FINDING: Reliance on power grasp is positively correlated with clinical measures of independence and upper extremity motor function.
Journal of Zhejiang University (Medical Sciences), 2023 • April 1, 2023
This study investigates the effectiveness of unstable surface torso training on lower limb motor function in patients with incomplete spinal cord injury. Eighty patients were randomly assigned to eith...
KEY FINDING: Unstable surface torso training significantly improved stride length, stride frequency, and comfortable walking speed compared to both pre-treatment and the stable surface training group.
Eur J Transl Myol, 2023 • January 1, 2023
Long pulse stimulation in its application in everyday clinical practice still represents a challenge for many therapists and clinicians. A retrospective data analysis of n=128 patients, seen at the Sw...
KEY FINDING: From the 128 new patient cases, having been evaluated in 2022, 38% showed an upper motor neuron lesion, 49% a LMN lesion and 13% a combined lesion
Diagnostics, 2023 • June 5, 2023
This study compared the effectiveness of robotic-assisted gait training (RAGT) versus dynamic parapodium training (DPT) in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). The results showed that patients with...
KEY FINDING: Patients with incomplete SCI in the RAGT group showed more significant improvement in motor scores compared to the DPT group.
J. Clin. Med., 2023 • June 5, 2023
The study compared sagittal spinal profiles between individuals with chronic SCI and normal individuals, revealing differences in thoracic kyphosis (TK) and lumbar lordosis (LL) across various posture...
KEY FINDING: Individuals with SCI exhibited greater thoracic kyphosis (TK) and lumbar lordosis (LL) compared to non-SCI subjects across different postures (standing, sitting straight, and relaxed sitting).
Cureus, 2023 • May 10, 2023
Tele-rehabilitation can help to rehabilitate the SCI patients to a satisfactory extent where providing hospital-based rehabilitation is not possible. During the COVID-19 pandemic, tele-rehabilitation ...
KEY FINDING: Tele-rehabilitation can assist with basic aspects of SCI care, such as patient positioning, pressure injury prevention, nutritional knowledge, and catheter care.
eNeurologicalSci, 2023 • May 25, 2023
This systematic review compares the effectiveness of robot-assisted gait training (RAGT) with Lokomat® and OGT for individuals with spinal cord injury during the subacute phase. differences in sample ...
KEY FINDING: Robotic treatment stimulated the greatest improvements in the four studies; however, they were not always statistically significant.
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2024 • June 13, 2024
This retrospective study investigated factors influencing activities of daily living (ADL) in patients with tetraplegia after spinal cord injury (SCI), focusing on physical factors while adjusting for...
KEY FINDING: Upper-extremity motor score (UEMS), upper-extremity spasticity and sitting balance scores were significant predictors of self-care.