Browse the latest research summaries in the field of research methodology & design for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Global Spine Journal, 2024 • March 1, 2024
These guidelines recommend intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring for high-risk patients undergoing spine surgery to detect and manage intraoperative spinal cord injury. The guidelines suggest ide...
KEY FINDING: Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring is recommended for high-risk patients undergoing spine surgery, based on a review of 164 studies.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2024 • January 1, 2024
This paper represents a novel exploration of the experiences of people living with SCI in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent restrictions put in place to manage the outbreak across the U...
KEY FINDING: Participants experienced challenges in health and access to care, including cancelled appointments, delayed procedures, and difficulties accessing necessary medical supplies and caregivers.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2024 • January 1, 2024
This study used qualitative interviews to explore the consequences of excess weight from the perspective of individuals with SCI. Five key themes emerged: physical health conditions, physical symptoms...
KEY FINDING: Excess weight leads to physical health conditions such as chronic diseases and SCI secondary complications.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2024 • January 1, 2024
This scoping review aimed to explore what is known about the lived experiences of survivors and caregivers of paediatric SCI. There was a lack of accessible environments and specialised rehabilitation...
KEY FINDING: Caregivers face obstacles to community participation, unmet needs related to their child's SCI, and radiating effects on their own lives, including stress and financial difficulties.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2024 • February 1, 2024
This scoping review aimed to explore outcome measures used in upper extremity rehabilitation and research for spinal cord injury, and to investigate their psychometric properties. The review identifie...
KEY FINDING: Four outcome measures (GRASSP, AuSpinal, SHFT, TRI-HFT) and nine psychometric studies were selected.
J Neurol Phys Ther, 2023 • July 1, 2023
This study externally validated the Canadian 2021 outdoor walking CPR using data from 12 SCIMS centers in the United States. The study found that a CPR threshold of ≥ 33, based on ISNCSCI sensory and ...
KEY FINDING: The study externally validated a clinical prediction rule (CPR) for predicting outdoor walking ability one year after spinal cord injury (SCI).
Anesthesiology, 2023 • April 1, 2023
The study successfully developed a mouse model of spinal cord hypoperfusion induced by ligation of intercostal arteries, mimicking the ischemic spinal cord injury observed in humans after TEVAR. The m...
KEY FINDING: Ligation of intercostal arteries induced a significant and instantaneous drop in blood flow in both the intercostal arteries and the thoracic spinal cord.
Neural Regeneration Research, 2023 • August 1, 2023
The perspective discusses the challenges of translating spinal cord injury (SCI) research findings into clinical treatments due to subject heterogeneity and lack of transparency in data reporting. It ...
KEY FINDING: Older mice responded worse to antioxidant treatment after SCI, despite restored glutathione levels and reduced oxidative damage.
Stat Med, 2023 • June 15, 2023
The paper addresses the problem of informative cluster size (ICS) in the context of pseudo-value regression for clustered time-to-event data. It explores different strategies for ICS adjustment, inclu...
KEY FINDING: The study identifies appropriate strategies for adjusting for informative cluster size (ICS) in pseudo-value regression analysis.
Global Spine Journal, 2024 • March 1, 2024
This clinical practice guideline (CPG) updates the 2017 recommendations on the timing of surgical decompression for acute spinal cord injury (SCI), evaluating evidence for early (≤24 hours) and ultra-...
KEY FINDING: The guideline recommends that early surgery (within 24 hours of injury) should be considered for adult patients with acute spinal cord injury, no matter the severity or location of the injury.