Browse the latest research summaries in the field of rehabilitation for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Cell Reports Medicine, 2023 • April 18, 2023
The study leverages an algorithmic class, Gaussian-process (GP)-based Bayesian optimization (BO), to solve the problem of handling optimization in large parameter spaces in neural stimulation. The res...
KEY FINDING: GP-BO efficiently explores the neurostimulation space, outperforming other search strategies after testing only a fraction of the possible combinations.
Asian Spine Journal, 2023 • April 1, 2023
This systematic review and meta-analysis showed that epothilones had positive effects on the improvement of motor function in rats, and intraperitoneal injection of epothilones until a maximum of 1 da...
KEY FINDING: Epothilones have positive effects on motor improvement in animals with SCI.
Spinal Cord, 2023 • April 18, 2023
This review analyzed 70 papers published between 2012 and 2021 concerning the perspectives and experiences of individuals with SCI, noting that most studies originated from Western countries. A weakne...
KEY FINDING: There is inconsistent reporting of participant demographics, specifically regarding race, ethnicity, household income, and area of residence.
Animals, 2023 • April 19, 2023
The main objective of our study was to demonstrate that physiotherapy and assisted gait in supportive devices to maintain the standing position may help paraplegic dogs to develop spinal walking. Afte...
KEY FINDING: After 125 to 320 physiotherapy sessions (25 to 64 weeks), 35 dogs (58.33%) developed SW and were able to walk without falling or falling sometimes in the case of a quick look
Health Sci. Rep., 2023 • May 1, 2023
This article aims to study the effect of Low‐Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) on arm lymphedema in patients who have breast cancer. We noted that the average reductions in the circumference and volume of th...
KEY FINDING: The average reductions in the circumference and volume of the affected limb were about 16% and 21.7%, respectively.
Bioeng Transl Med, 2023 • May 1, 2023
This study demonstrates that photobiomodulation (PBM) can enhance the therapeutic effect of mitochondrial transplantation in treating spinal cord injury (SCI) in rats. PBM promotes the transfer of mit...
KEY FINDING: PBM combined with mitochondrial transplantation increased ATP production and reduced oxidative stress and neuronal apoptosis levels, thereby promoting tissue repair and motor function recovery in rats with SCI.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2023 • April 1, 2023
This study aimed to assess the reliability of MIP, SMIP, and ID, and to report the expected short-term (ST) and long-term (LT) variability of IMP in individuals with SCI. The results indicated that SM...
KEY FINDING: SMIP was found to be the most reliable measure of inspiratory muscle performance, followed by MIP.
Bioengineering, 2023 • April 26, 2023
This study aimed to determine whether LT combined with TSS has a persistent effect on dorsiflexion during walking and dorsiflexor AROM in persons with subacute motor-incomplete SCI beyond that observe...
KEY FINDING: Combined LT + TSS did not show persistent effects on dorsiflexion ability in people with SCI.
J Pain, 2023 • October 1, 2023
This study investigated the effect of voluntary running exercise on nociceptive sensitization and endogenous pain control systems in a rodent model of mild closed-head TBI. The main observations were ...
KEY FINDING: Exercise reduced hindpaw and periorbital allodynia (pain from non-painful stimuli) after TBI, indicating a decrease in pain sensitivity.
Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 • May 30, 2023
This study examined the relationship between control of lateral center of mass (COM) motion during walking and functional gait and balance measures in individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury (i...
KEY FINDING: Minimum lateral COM excursion had significant moderate correlations with BBS (ρ = −0.54, p = 0.014), TUG (ρ = 0.59, p = 0.007), FGA (ρ = −0.59, p = 0.007), 10MWT-preferred (ρ = −0.59, p = 0.006) and 10MWT-fast (ρ = −0.68, p = 0.001).