COVID-19 Research

KEY FINDING: Decreased access to mental health support was associated with decreased satisfaction in mobility, participation in recreational activities, and relationships with family and friends.

KEY FINDING: Dyads described transition experiences from inpatient rehabilitation to community as uncertain and unsupported.

KEY FINDING: Mobility restrictions directly hinder hand hygiene for individuals with SCI, and pre-existing skin infections require more vigorous hygienic practices.

KEY FINDING: Age ≥73 years, treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic, and psychiatric disorders were identified as independent risk factors for delirium after SCI surgery.

KEY FINDING: Persons with SCI/D have greater mortality from pneumonia and influenza compared to the general population with the standardized mortality ratio for pneumonia and influenza for all types of SCI/D calculated approximately 40.2,3

KEY FINDING: Patients with SCI, especially those with tetraplegia or high-level paraplegia, are at increased risk of severe complications from COVID-19 due to reduced lung function.

KEY FINDING: The weekly number of TBI patients decreased significantly during the strict quarantine in 2020 compared to 2016, 2018, and 2019.

KEY FINDING: Vaccination with an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine induces consistent alterations in hemoglobin A1c, serum sodium and potassium levels, coagulation profiles, and renal functions.

KEY FINDING: During the first lockdown in the winter of 2020/2021, there was a notably lower incidence of moderate and severe TBIs compared to the corresponding period in 2019/2020 (p = 0.016).

KEY FINDING: MSC-EVs do not necessarily suppress immune responses, but rather modulate them, specifically moderating acute immune responses toward regulatory responses, inducing tolerance, and restoring homeostasis.