Browse the latest research summaries in the field of musculoskeletal medicine for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2024 • December 2, 2024
This case report details a 76-year-old male with DISH and OPLL who developed cervical spinal cord injury following osteophyte excision for respiratory distress and dysphagia. The patient's condition w...
KEY FINDING: Osteophyte excision in patients with cervical OPLL and spinal cord compression may lead to spinal cord injury due to increased intervertebral mobility.
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2025 • December 25, 2024
This review summarizes recent findings regarding bone loss after SCI, changes in osteokines, and the effect of rehabilitation therapies, with a particular emphasis on the local and systemic regulatory...
KEY FINDING: Osteoporosis is common after SCI, especially in the distal femur and proximal tibia, increasing fracture risk.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2021 • July 1, 2021
This case report describes the effect of ESWT on NHO in a person with SCI who had been previously treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), bisphosphonates, and physical modalities....
KEY FINDING: ESWT treatment reduced the patient's pain from a VAS score of 7-8 to 3 after 7 weeks of treatment.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2022 • May 1, 2022
This case report describes the application of long-term RSWT in a patient with NHO secondary to SCI. The patient demonstrated improvement in pain, ROM, and a reduction in lesion size. RSWT may improve...
KEY FINDING: Long-term RSWT was associated with a gradual decrease in the size of the heterotopic ossification lesion.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2022 • March 1, 2022
This case report describes a patient with paraplegia following radiation-induced myelopathy who developed DVT in the left common iliac vein (CIV) due to compression by neurogenic heterotopic ossificat...
KEY FINDING: DVT in the left common iliac vein (CIV) was observed in a patient with paraplegia.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2022 • July 1, 2022
This study analyzed data from a trial comparing functional electrical stimulation-assisted cycling (FESC) and passive cycling (PC) in patients with acute spinal cord injury (SCI). The analysis focused...
KEY FINDING: A strong, significant correlation was found between mean weekly exercise frequency and quadriceps and hamstring volumes.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2022 • October 28, 2020
This case report describes multiple thoracic and lumbar vertebral compression fractures in a patient with chronic motor incomplete tetraplegia, highlighting a less common complication of SCI. The pati...
KEY FINDING: A patient with chronic SCI presented with new-onset autonomic dysreflexia and spasticity.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2022 • January 1, 2022
This study describes perspectives of patients with SCI/D on fracture prevention and management and revealed a range of knowledge about osteoporosis and awareness of when a fracture occurred. Participa...
KEY FINDING: Participants expressed concerns about bone health and fractures, which limited activities and participation for some.
Neural Regen Res, 2021 • December 1, 2021
The study investigated muscle stiffness in individuals with chronic SCI using magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) and compared it to able-bodied controls. The results indicated a trend of lower musc...
KEY FINDING: Muscle stiffness was non-significantly lower in the SCI group compared to able-bodied controls.
J Med Case Reports, 2021 • May 10, 2021
This case report describes a 70-year-old man with ankylosing spondylitis who presented with severe intercostal neuralgia, initially misdiagnosed as herpes zoster. Further investigation revealed an atr...
KEY FINDING: Severe intercostal neuralgia can be an early symptom of atraumatic spinal fractures in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.