Latest Research Summaries

KEY FINDING: Spinal cord transection (SCT) surgery led to increased bioluminescence in the brain, particularly in the frontal association cortex (FrA).

KEY FINDING: nTMS can be used in assessment and treatment of patients with both traumatic and non-traumatic SCI. When it is being used in the assessment of SCI it can provide objective outcome measures that can add to the existing scales that are currently being used.

KEY FINDING: End-users identified challenges such as lack of knowledge about the system, safety concerns, technical difficulties, cost, limited time and space, and suggested solutions at different levels.

KEY FINDING: A 53-year-old male with UC and traumatic tetraplegia developed a below the knee DVT during inpatient rehabilitation, despite DVT prophylaxis.

KEY FINDING: Early aggressive immunomodulatory treatment (IMT) and intensive inpatient rehabilitation led to significant laboratory and functional improvement in both patients.

KEY FINDING: The NCA-SCI was developed through an iterative process involving experienced clinicians, resulting in a 17-item tool across five categories of nursing assistance.

KEY FINDING: Diagnosis of RE relies on patient history, lab analysis of post-ejaculatory urine samples, and advanced imaging.

KEY FINDING: The SVM classifier achieved the highest AUC of 1.000 in the training set and 0.915 in the testing set for radiomics models.

KEY FINDING: The combination of LGZ and SIN significantly alleviated pain-like behaviors in CCI rats in a time- and dose-dependent manner, demonstrating superior therapeutic effects compared to LGZ or SIN alone.

KEY FINDING: The degree of cord compression was remarkably increased in both groups with cervical ranging from flexion to extension.