Browse the latest research summaries in the field of rehabilitation for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
Showing 301-310 of 3,020 results
Journal of Neurotrauma, 2023 • December 1, 2023
This study evaluated the effectiveness of collaborative care (CC) compared to usual care (UC) in improving quality of life, pain, depression, and physical activity in outpatients with spinal cord inju...
KEY FINDING: There was a non-significant trend for greater improvement in quality of life in the collaborative care group versus the usual care group at 4 months.
Rehabilitation, 2024 • August 21, 2023
The aim of this study was to synthesize the findings of qualitative meta-syntheses (QMS) on return to work (RTW) of people with different chronic illnesses and to develop a generic RTW model that can ...
KEY FINDING: RTW is a multifactorial and highly interactive multistakeholder process, embedded in the individual’s life and working history, as well as in a determined social and societal context.
Biomedicines, 2023 • August 14, 2023
This controlled pilot study described rearrangements of brain functional connectivity in acquired spasticity after a short course of anti-spastic epidural cervical SCS therapy and the association of t...
KEY FINDING: Higher functional connectivity of the brainstem to the right premotor cortex and changes in functional connectivity between cortical motor areas.
Spine Surg Relat Res, 2023 • January 17, 2023
This retrospective study examined the incidence and risk factors for pneumonia in patients with cervical spinal cord injury (CSCI) and complete motor paralysis. The study found that pneumonia occurred...
KEY FINDING: Pneumonia occurred in 36% of patients throughout the study period and in 20% after 30 days of hospitalization.
Spine Surg Relat Res, 2023 • January 12, 2023
This study investigated the correlation between respiratory dysfunction and dysphagia in individuals with acute traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (CSCI). It found a significant relationship betwee...
KEY FINDING: A significant portion of individuals with acute traumatic CSCI had restrictive ventilatory impairment and severe dysphagia shortly after injury.
Turk J Phys Med Rehab, 2023 • June 6, 2023
This study examined the effect of high-frequency rTMS on gait parameters and lower extremity motor recovery in individuals with chronic traumatic iSCI. The real rTMS group showed significant improveme...
KEY FINDING: Real rTMS significantly improved walking speed compared to baseline.
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 • August 24, 2023
The editorial emphasizes the increasing prevalence of sarcopenia, osteosarcopenia, and sarcopenic obesity due to the aging global population and advancements in healthcare. It highlights the importanc...
KEY FINDING: Fasting insulin combined with the aspartate aminotransferase to alanine aminotransferase (AST/ALT) ratio are appropriate predictors of sarcopenia.
European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 2023 • December 1, 2023
This study examined the impact of CISC training timing on treatment adherence and urinary tract infections in patients with neurogenic urinary retention. It compared patients trained immediately after...
KEY FINDING: The timing of CISC training (immediate vs. delayed) does not significantly affect adherence to the prescribed catheterization frequency.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2025 • September 19, 2023
This study statistically confirms the structural validity of the Trunk Assessment Scale for Spinal Cord Injury (TASS) using Rasch analysis. The TASS is a unidimensional scale with good person and item...
KEY FINDING: The TASS was observed to be a unidimensional and highly reproducible scale of item difficulty hierarchy that sufficiently identifies the superiority of the examinee’s ability.
Br J Nutr, 2024 • February 14, 2024
This study compared different methods of estimating energy needs and protein intake in people with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). The study found that a SCI-specific method for estimating energy ne...
KEY FINDING: The SCI-specific method for EER had the best agreement with the EEI and did not significantly overestimate it.