Spinal Cord Injury Research

KEY FINDING: SCI causes hind limb spasticity, increases the Hmax/Mmax ratio, and reduces the RDD value.

KEY FINDING: Young people with SCI/D reported a QoL sum score of 77%, while those with SB reported 73%. Parent-proxy reports were lower, at 70% for SCI/D and 64% for SB.

KEY FINDING: Participants reported that physical activity education during inpatient rehabilitation primarily focused on functional activities rather than promoting lifestyle physical activity.

KEY FINDING: High frequency of prescription medication usage, prescription medication misuse, and lack of planned exercise were associated with greater odds of at least one ED visit and at least one ED-related hospitalization.

KEY FINDING: None of the five sets of predictive equations demonstrated equivalence within 20% of the criterion measure based on an equivalence test.

KEY FINDING: Epidermal atrophy worsens with increasing years of LMNSCI.

KEY FINDING: Individuals with SCI had a significantly greater hazard of developing alcohol dependence syndrome compared to those without SCI.

KEY FINDING: The primary outcome is the change in corticospinal excitability, measured by the motor evoked potential of the abductor pollicis brevis muscle.

KEY FINDING: Both tsDCS and tsPCS treatments have demonstrated success in improving sensorimotor function, as well as autonomic functions.

KEY FINDING: Individual bowel management must be developed on the basis of an adequate diagnosis and considering the different lesion types.