Browse the latest research summaries in the field of rehabilitation for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Respir Physiol Neurobiol, 2013 • December 1, 2013
This prospective case-controlled clinical study was undertaken to investigate to what extent the manually assisted treadmill stepping Locomotor Training with body weight support (LT) can change respir...
KEY FINDING: FVC, FEV1, PImax, PEmax, amount of overall sEMG activity and rate of motor unit recruitment were significantly increased after LT (p<0.05)
J Korean Med Sci, 2013 • September 1, 2013
This retrospective study evaluated the incidence of DVT in Korean patients with SCI admitted to an acute rehabilitation unit, finding a 27.6% incidence rate. The study identified the absence of spasti...
KEY FINDING: The incidence of DVT after SCI was 27.6% in the studied Korean population.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 2014 • March 1, 2014
This study compared the metabolic cost, performance, and efficiency of a novel ergonomic hand drive mechanism (EHDM) with a conventional manual wheelchair (CMW) in a group of full-time manual wheelcha...
KEY FINDING: Participants traveled significantly farther and faster with the CMW compared to the EHDM.
Behavioral and Brain Functions, 2013 • June 7, 2013
The study evaluated the impact of environmental enrichment or impoverishment in mice three months after induction of chronic neuropathic pain. Environmental enrichment attenuated nerve injury-induced ...
KEY FINDING: Environmental enrichment attenuated nerve injury-induced hypersensitivity to mechanical and cold stimuli.
Trials, 2013 • September 11, 2013
This multicenter randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a 12-week intensive whole-body exercise program compared to an upper-body exercise program for individuals with spina...
KEY FINDING: The study aims to determine if intensive activity-based therapy is effective for patients with both complete and incomplete spinal cord lesions.
BioMed Research International, 2014 • April 23, 2014
This study investigated the use of the Toyra virtual reality system to assess upper limb rehabilitation in patients with spinal cord injury. Kinematic data was recorded during evaluation sessions, and...
KEY FINDING: Positive correlations were found between clinical scales and kinematic data, particularly with subscales closely related to upper limb function.
Spinal Cord, 2013 • November 1, 2013
This pilot study investigated the feasibility of using massage therapy, administered by rehabilitation nurses, to reduce pain in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) during acute inpatient rehabilit...
KEY FINDING: The study showed it is feasible to have nurses give massage therapy to patients with spinal cord injuries.
Brain Res, 2013 • November 13, 2013
The study examined whether multimodal exercise training improves recovery specifically from CST damage in mice with unilateral pyramidotomy (PyX). Behavioral results showed that mice undergoing combin...
KEY FINDING: Mice in the BS+CST training group showed a trend toward greater improvement in placement errors made by the impaired forelimb than mice in the other groups.
IEEE Pulse, 2013 • September 1, 2013
The 2013 International Workshop on Clinical Brain–Neural Machine Interface Systems aimed to create a clinical roadmap for BNMI development by involving researchers, industry representatives, program m...
KEY FINDING: The field of neural prosthetics for amputees is relatively well established, with reliable technologies and goals toward refining the prosthetics to make them more efficient and user friendly.
Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 2014 • March 1, 2014
This report provides aggregated follow-up data from more than 280,000 patients who received care in more than 300 inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and units in the U.S. from 2002 through 2010. Gains...
KEY FINDING: More than 90% of patients within each impairment group were living in the community at follow-up.