Browse the latest research summaries in the field of spinal cord injury for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2022 • July 1, 2022
The study explored the associations between urinary symptoms reported via the USQNB-V questionnaire and urine dipstick results in individuals with SCI or MS who void. The goal was to determine if dips...
KEY FINDING: No evidence of associations was found between key bladder symptoms and urine quality symptoms with composite dipstick outcomes in SCI and MS patients who void.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2022 • July 1, 2022
This systematic review examined the relationship between lower limb function and fall prevalence in ambulatory individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). The review included 13 studies, revealing inco...
KEY FINDING: The qualitative analysis provided little evidence to support the relationship between lower limb function recorded by clinical measures and fall prevalence.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2022 • July 1, 2022
This cross-sectional survey identified health and life domain research priorities for children, adolescents, and young adults with pediatric-onset spinal cord injury (SCI) in England. Data were collec...
KEY FINDING: Parents/caregivers of 2- to 12-year-olds prioritized walking ability, spasms, and pain as top health research priorities, and physical function, home support services, and healthcare access as top life research priorities.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2022 • July 1, 2022
This retrospective study evaluated baseline characteristics, described pulmonary outcomes, and identified weaning predictors for people with acute traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) who are dependent ...
KEY FINDING: People who successfully weaned had fewer days from time of SCI to AIR admission.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2022 • July 1, 2022
This qualitative study explored barriers and facilitators to eHealth technology use among community-dwelling individuals with SCI, identifying key obstacles such as a digital divide, information overl...
KEY FINDING: A digital divide, stemming from age or lack of experience, presents a barrier to understanding and utilizing eHealth technologies for some individuals with SCI.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2022 • April 1, 2022
This prospective study examined the utility of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) as a biomarker for assessing microstructural changes in pediatric spinal cord injury (SCI). The study compared DTI metrics...
KEY FINDING: A significant positive association was found between fractional anisotropy (FA) and upper extremity muscle strength in participants with SCI, indicating that higher muscle strength is associated with higher FA values.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2022 • January 1, 2022
This retrospective study validated previous findings using a larger sample size (N = 136) to assess the relationship between tissue bridges and sensory scores following cervical spinal cord injury. Th...
KEY FINDING: Wider ventral tissue bridges were significantly correlated with pinprick scores at discharge from inpatient rehabilitation (r = 0.31, p < 0.001, N = 136).
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2022 • April 22, 2022
This study established a contusive spinal cord injury (SCI) model in common marmosets to investigate the effects of treadmill training on locomotor recovery. A novel Marmoset Motor Scale for Locomotio...
KEY FINDING: Treadmill training promoted significant locomotor function recovery in marmosets with severe spinal cord injury. The trained group showed significantly higher recovery from 6 weeks after injury compared to the untrained group.
PLOS ONE, 2022 • May 10, 2022
This study protocol outlines a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of a stakeholder-informed robotic gait training (RGT) program compared to usual care gait training (UC) for individu...
KEY FINDING: The primary outcome is gait function as characterized by the Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury–II (WISCI-II).
Neural Regeneration Research, 2022 • April 1, 2022
This study protocol outlines a randomized controlled trial to investigate the effects of paired associative magnetic stimulation (PAMS) on lower limb motor function in patients with spinal cord injury...
KEY FINDING: The primary outcome measure is the change in the lower limb American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Impairment Scale motor function score from baseline to the last follow-up.