Browse the latest research summaries in the field of spinal cord injury for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Spinal Cord, 2020 • March 1, 2020
This study investigated acute changes in the supraspinatus and biceps tendon following fatiguing wheelchair propulsion in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). The study identified a significant redu...
KEY FINDING: A reduction in supraspinatus tendon thickness after fatiguing wheelchair propulsion was identified.
Global Spine Journal, 2020 • June 1, 2020
This study evaluated the demographics, prevalence, etiology, severity, and outcomes of spinal cord injuries (SCIs) resulting from ischemic infarction. The study found that spinal cord infarcts account...
KEY FINDING: Spinal cord infarcts accounted for 4.4% of SCI cases.
Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2021 • March 31, 2021
This study protocol outlines a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of prolonged exposure (PE) therapy for treating PTSD among spinal cord injury (SCI) survivors. The trial aims to add...
KEY FINDING: The primary hypothesis is that individuals with SCI and PTSD receiving PE will demonstrate significantly greater improvements in PTSD symptoms compared to those receiving treatment as usual.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2020 • July 1, 2020
This study investigated the relationship between psychological factors (personality and purpose in life) and cause-specific mortality among individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). The research util...
KEY FINDING: Four of the six psychological factors studied were predictive of all-cause mortality, indicating their significant influence on overall survival after SCI.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2021 • January 1, 2021
Persons with SCI are at high risk for developing neurogenic obesity due to muscle paralysis and obligatory sarcopenia, sympathetic blunting, anabolic deficiency, and blunted satiety. Upper limb utiliz...
KEY FINDING: Obesity and increased weight are significant contributors to upper extremity overuse injuries in persons with SCI.
Front. Neurorobot., 2019 • December 2, 2019
This review discusses the potential of integrating real-time neuromusculoskeletal (NMS) models with assistive devices for spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation to promote neural restoration. The uti...
KEY FINDING: Neuromusculoskeletal models can optimize muscle stimulation patterns, track functional improvement, monitor safety, and provide augmented feedback during exercise-based rehabilitation.
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2022 • September 8, 2022
LA features have shown evidence of having construct and concurrent validity, thus demonstrating that LA are a clinically-relevant measure related to lower limb strength, sensation, and spasticity afte...
KEY FINDING: LA features were related to measures of impairment with models explaining 69% and 73% of the variance (R²) in strength and sensation, respectively, and correctly classifying 81.6% (F1-score = 0.814) of the participants into spasticity categories.
Sensors, 2023 • January 18, 2023
In this study, we aim to estimate the muscle onset activation in SCI people by four strategies on EMG data. Seven complete SCI individuals participated in this study, and they maintained their stabili...
KEY FINDING: The results demonstrated that the TKEO technique could efficiently remove the electrocardiogram (ECG) and motion artifacts compared with the simple classical filtering approach.
Spinal Cord, 2021 • October 6, 2020
This retrospective study assessed whether axial damage ratios from MRIs could predict walking ability one year after spinal cord injury (SCI). The study found that axial damage ratios were significant...
KEY FINDING: Axial damage ratios from MRIs taken early after injury were significant predictors of walking ability one year post-SCI; smaller ratios correlated with a higher likelihood of walking.
Auton Neurosci, 2020 • July 1, 2020
This study investigated baroreflex gain in individuals with SCI compared to able-bodied individuals, considering the neurological level and sensory zone of partial preservation. The findings indicated...
KEY FINDING: Average baroreflex gain tended to be higher in able-bodied individuals compared to those with SCI, particularly at lower input stimuli.