Browse the latest research summaries in the field of rehabilitation for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2015 • January 1, 2015
The study measured knee joint stiffness and viscosity in individuals with SCI and healthy controls using the Wartenberg pendulum test. Results showed significantly greater stiffness in SCI patients co...
KEY FINDING: Patients with SCI have significantly greater joint stiffness compared to able-bodied subjects.
Physiother Theory Pract, 2016 • October 1, 2016
This case report demonstrates improvements in balance and walking function in an adult with chronic ISCI following participation in an intense backward walking training program. Walking rehabilitation...
KEY FINDING: Balance improved based on the Berg Balance Scale (BBS) score increasing from 20 to 37 out of 56.
Neurobiol Dis, 2015 • November 1, 2015
This review discusses the potential of combining Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) and Brain-Machine Interfaces (BMIs) to restore motor function in paralyzed individuals. Current FES systems are...
KEY FINDING: FES can improve muscle strength, range of motion, and potentially reduce spasticity, leading to benefits like improved cardiopulmonary function, bone strengthening, and pressure sore relief.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil., 2015 • March 1, 2015
The study investigated self-report measures of sleep disturbances and sleep-related impairments in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) or spinal cord injury (SCI). The Medical Outcomes Study Slee...
KEY FINDING: Mean scores on the MOS-S Sleep Index II were significantly worse for both the MS and SCI samples than those of previously reported samples representative of the US general population.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2014 • January 1, 2014
The study explored the needs of people with long-standing SCI, including sources of help and support and barriers to meeting their needs. About two-thirds of expressed needs are met, but there's signi...
KEY FINDING: Most critical needs for community integration were expressed by a substantial proportion of survey participants.
PLoS ONE, 2016 • August 3, 2016
The study investigated the distinct effects of active muscle contraction, passive vibration, and whole-body heat stress on skeletal muscle gene regulation in humans. The purpose was to examine whether...
KEY FINDING: Repetitive active muscle contractions upregulated metabolic transcription factors and repressed MSTN.
Front. Hum. Neurosci., 2016 • July 22, 2016
This study investigated the effects of robot-assisted passive stepping on the H-reflex amplitude in forearm muscles. The researchers aimed to determine the minimum effective duration of passive steppi...
KEY FINDING: The amplitude of the FCR H-reflex was significantly suppressed during passive stepping, indicating a decrease in spinal reflex excitability.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2014 • December 1, 2014
This study examined the relationship between SCI-related needs, secondary complications, and quality of life (QoL) in adults with spinal cord injury (SCI). The results indicated that unmet vital and p...
KEY FINDING: Unmet vital and personal development SCI-related needs are negatively related to QoL in adults with SCI.
Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent), 2014 • October 1, 2014
This case report describes the early use of functional electrical stimulation on an individual with an incomplete spinal cord injury to assist with motor recovery and a return to ambulation. Results f...
KEY FINDING: Early FES cycling following SCI may facilitate conversion from sensory incomplete to motor incomplete, thus increasing the probability of returning to ambulation.
The Journal of Neuroscience, 2016 • August 10, 2016
This study investigated the effect of trunk robotic rehabilitation on locomotor recovery in adult rats spinalized as neonates (NTX rats). The results showed significant functional improvements in hind...
KEY FINDING: Robot therapy significantly improved hindlimb stepping ability, quadrupedal weight support, and other measures in NTX rats.