Browse the latest research summaries in the field of healthcare for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Regenerative Therapy, 2024 • March 15, 2024
This study analyzed the AE of 14 types of cell therapy clinical trials in human chronic spinal cord injury and showed that in 45 studies of 76 reviewed articles, 64 types of AEs in 12 categories were ...
KEY FINDING: The most common adverse events were transient backache and meningism (90%) and cord malacia (80%).
Bioactive Materials, 2024 • July 30, 2024
This study introduces a novel approach to treating infected bone defects using a 3D-printed porous Ti6Al4V implant modified with microarc oxidation (MAO) and loaded with a vancomycin-encapsulated hydr...
KEY FINDING: The vancomycin-encapsulated hydrogel, when loaded into the microarc-oxidized 3D-printed porous Ti6Al4V implant, exhibits effective antibacterial activity against MRSA both in vitro and in vivo.
Eur J Neurol, 2025 • January 1, 2025
This systematic review traces the evolution of Queckenstedt's test, a routine diagnostic procedure for CSF space constriction. Clinical studies investigated its diagnostic accuracy against operative f...
KEY FINDING: Queckenstedt's test was widely adopted globally for diagnosing spinal canal obstruction, particularly spinal tumors.
Global Spine Journal, 2025 • January 1, 2025
This study evaluated the ability of ChatGPT-4o and Google Gemini Advanced to adhere to the 2022 American College of Surgeons (ACS) Best Practice Guidelines for spinal injury management. The AI models ...
KEY FINDING: ChatGPT-4o was correct on 73.07% of the questions, while Gemini Advanced was correct on 69.23%. Most incorrect answers were due to not providing enough information rather than giving wrong information.
Front. Public Health, 2025 • March 18, 2025
This study examined risk factors and economic impacts of long-term nursing care (LTC) after major trauma in Taiwan using National Health Insurance Research Database data from 2003-2007 with a 10-year ...
KEY FINDING: Age, comorbidities, spinal cord injury, prolonged mechanical ventilation, prolonged ICU stay, and prolonged hospital stay are independent risk factors for needing long-term nursing care (LTC).
J Spinal Cord Med, 2009 • June 1, 2009
The SCIRehab project seeks to "open the black box" of acute SCI rehabilitation by collecting detailed data on treatments and outcomes. It utilizes a practice-based evidence (PBE) approach to identify ...
KEY FINDING: SCIRehab is the first research project to collect detailed information on individual interventions offered by the full rehabilitation team.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2018 • January 1, 2018
This compilation of abstracts presents diverse research efforts within the field of spinal cord injury, spanning from interventional programs and technological applications to epidemiological investig...
KEY FINDING: A structured fall prevention education program for manual wheelchair users with SCI may reduce fall frequency and improve quality of life.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2019 • September 1, 2019
This editorial introduces a special issue of the Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine focusing on advancements in spinal cord injury care and research. It highlights the contributions of the Academy of Spi...
KEY FINDING: 41 percent of individuals with spinal cord injury had co-occurring brain injury, which has important implications for rehabilitative care and outcomes.
JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA, 2017 • October 15, 2017
Timely access and ongoing delivery of care and therapeutic interventions is needed to maximize recovery and function after traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI). Through model development, we identified ...
KEY FINDING: Accurate information on injury severity after tSCI was hindered by difficulties in conducting neurological assessments and classifications of SCI (e.g., timing), variations in reporting, and the lack of a validated SCI-specific measure of associated injuries.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2014 • December 1, 2014
The study investigated the interrelationships among multimorbidity, health care utilization (HCU), health status, and quality of life (QoL) in community-dwelling individuals with traumatic spinal cord...
KEY FINDING: Participants who did not receive needed care and/or were rehospitalized had the greatest number of secondary health conditions compared to the other groups.