Rehabilitation Research
Browse the latest research summaries in the field of rehabilitation for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Developing spinal cord injury physiotherapy clinical practice guidelines: a qualitative study to determine how physiotherapists and people living with spinal cord injury use evidence
Spinal Cord, 2023 • December 13, 2022
This qualitative study investigated how physiotherapists and people living with spinal cord injury (PLwSCI) use evidence in making treatment decisions. It identified three main themes: types and sourc...
KEY FINDING: Physiotherapists use a broad range of evidence, including clinical expertise, peer advice, and published research, when making treatment choices for people with SCI.
Post-intensive Care Unit COVID-19 Survivors: Functional Status and Respiratory Function Three Months After an Inpatient Rehabilitation Program
Cureus, 2022 • November 9, 2022
This prospective study assessed 36 post-ICU COVID-19 survivors who underwent inpatient rehabilitation, evaluating their functional and respiratory status at admission, discharge, and three months post...
KEY FINDING: Significant improvement in MEP, PCF, functional capacity (1STST), and 6MWT between discharge (T1) and three months after discharge (T2).
Postoperative Acute-Phase Gait Training Using Hybrid Assistive Limb Improves Gait Ataxia in a Patient with Intradural Spinal Cord Compression Due to Spinal Tumors
Medicina, 2022 • December 12, 2022
This case report presents the results of using HAL gait training on a 70-year-old woman with gait ataxia due to spinal cord compression from tumors. The HAL training involved 10 sessions over one mont...
KEY FINDING: After 10 HAL training sessions, the patient's walking speed increased from 0.16 m/s to 0.3 m/s, and her step length improved from 0.19 m to 0.37 m.
The International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury: Classification Accuracy and Challenges
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2023 • January 1, 2023
This study assessed the classification accuracy of SCI professionals using the 2019 ISNCSCI edition and identified common mistakes and areas of confusion. Overall classification accuracy was modest bu...
KEY FINDING: Overall classification accuracy was 74.6%. Accuracy was highest for injury completeness (95.3%) and sensory level (91.1%), but lower for motor zone of partial preservation (ZPP; 54.7%) and ASIA Impairment Scale (AIS) grade (57.3%).
Neuromodulation with transcutaneous spinal stimulation reveals different groups of motor profiles during robot-guided stepping in humans with incomplete spinal cord injury
Exp Brain Res, 2023 • February 1, 2023
The study examined the immediate effect of continuous TSS across different stimulation frequencies on robotic torques in the hip and knee joints and muscle activation patterns in the lower limbs durin...
KEY FINDING: Agglomerative clustering of robotic torques identified four groups wherein the patterns of changes differed in magnitude and direction depending mainly on the stimulation frequency and stance/swing phase.
A Mobile Phone Text Messaging Intervention to Manage Fatigue for People With Multiple Sclerosis, Spinal Cord Injury, and Stroke: Development and Usability Testing
JMIR Formative Research, 2022 • December 21, 2022
This study demonstrates a step-by-step process for developing a fatigue self-management SMS text messaging intervention for persons with disabilities. For this population, whose access to health servi...
KEY FINDING: CAB participants rated SMS text messages covering 9 domain areas of fatigue self-management with good clarity (mean ratings=3.5-5.0 out of 5) and relevance (mean ratings=3.2-5.0 out of 5).
Longitudinal Median Nerve Ultrasound Changes in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury and an Age- and Sex-Matched Nondisabled Cohort
Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation, 2022 • January 1, 2022
This study examined median nerve (MN) ultrasound characteristics and carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) symptomology in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) and a control group over one year. The SCI g...
KEY FINDING: Individuals with SCI had darker median nerves at the start of the study and reported more CTS symptoms after one year compared to those without SCI.
Characteristics Associated With Perceived Underemployment Among Participants With Spinal Cord Injury
Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation, 2022 • January 1, 2022
This study examined factors related to perceived underemployment among 952 employed adults with traumatic SCI, using a cross-sectional design and logistic regression analysis. The results indicated th...
KEY FINDING: Women and those in married or unmarried couples were significantly less likely to report underemployment.
The Influence of Age at Pediatric-Onset Spinal Cord Injury and Years of Wheelchair Use on Shoulder Complex Joint Dynamics During Manual Wheelchair Propulsion
Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation, 2022 • January 1, 2022
The study investigated the association between age at pediatric-onset SCI and years of manual wheelchair use with shoulder complex motions, forces, and moments during wheelchair propulsion. Results sh...
KEY FINDING: Increasing age at SCI onset was associated with a decrease in maximum acromioclavicular upward rotation and an increase in acromioclavicular downward/upward rotation range of motion.
Casa Colina Fall Risk Assessment Scale—Revised: Predicting Falls in Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities
Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation, 2022 • January 1, 2022
This study revised the Casa Colina Fall Risk Assessment Scale (CCFRAS-R) using new Medicare standards and assessed its ability to predict fall risk in inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs). The r...
KEY FINDING: Impaired toileting hygiene, impaired toilet transfer, impaired chair/bed transfer, and difficulty walking 3 meters were identified as significant predictors of falls in IRFs.