Browse the latest research summaries in the field of spinal cord injury for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Stem Cells Translational Medicine, 2023 • January 17, 2023
This study demonstrates the efficacy of the combination therapy of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neural stem/progenitor cells (hiPSC-NS/PCs) transplantation and rehabilitative training i...
KEY FINDING: Rehabilitative training promoted the survival rate and neuronal differentiation of transplanted hiPSC-NS/PCs in the chronic SCI model.
Research and Reports in Urology, 2020 • January 1, 2020
This retrospective cohort study evaluated the effects of mirabegron on urinary incontinence and urodynamic parameters in patients with chronic neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO). The study found t...
KEY FINDING: The number of patients suffering from urinary incontinence significantly decreased from 60.3% to 38.1% during the mirabegron treatment period.
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2020 • June 17, 2020
This case report illustrates the successful use of telemedicine to provide care to an individual with SCI during and after the Valley Fire, a major natural disaster in California. The participant, who...
KEY FINDING: Telemedicine (teleSCI) provided continuity of care to an individual with SCI affected by the Valley Fire, addressing both emergent and existing medical needs.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2019 • January 1, 2019
This retrospective study examined whether age and gender influence waiting times for surgical management of acute traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (atcSCI). The study found that older age was ass...
KEY FINDING: Older age at injury onset was associated with a longer stay in the acute spine care center.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2019 • January 1, 2019
This study describes the development of structure, process and outcome indicators to improve walking rehabilitation for Canadians with SCI/D by 2020. The indicators aim to direct the timing and enhanc...
KEY FINDING: The structure indicator is the number of physical therapists using evidence-based walking interventions per number of ambulatory individuals with SCI/D.
JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA, 2020 • March 15, 2020
This study assessed the contributions of long and short propriospinal neurons (PSNs) and rubrospinal tract (RST) neurons to axonal projections caudal to a thoracic hemisection in cats. Results showed ...
KEY FINDING: The number of long propriospinal neurons (PSNs) with axons extending below the lesion was significantly and permanently decreased after injury.
NeuroImage: Clinical, 2023 • February 1, 2023
This study tracked the spatiotemporal dynamics of remote anterograde and retrograde spinal tract degeneration in the upper cervical cord following SCI over two years utilizing quantitative MRI. Linear...
KEY FINDING: Retrograde neurodegeneration in the CST develops over time, forming a gradient towards lower cervical levels, particularly in tetraplegics.
J Phys Med Rehabil, 2020 • March 27, 2020
Spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to changes in body composition, specifically an obligatory sarcopenia, which contributes to a significant decrease in total daily energy expenditure (TDEE) and an accumu...
KEY FINDING: Equations developed for able-bodied individuals inaccurately assess energy expenditure for those with SCI.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2020 • May 1, 2020
This study examined the impact of a functional electrical stimulation (FES) rowing program on bone mineral density (BMD) in individuals within two years of a spinal cord injury (SCI). The results sugg...
KEY FINDING: Trabecular BMD in the femur and tibia decreased for all participants in T0-1, but the rate of loss slowed or reversed between T1-2, with little-to-no bone loss for most participants during T2-3.
AGING, 2021 • May 6, 2021
This study used RNA-seq to understand and identify DEGs in SCI rats fed a KD and then examine which biological signalling pathways can explain the protective effects of the KD diet on SCI rats. KD sig...
KEY FINDING: A ketogenic diet significantly improved the steroid anabolic pathway in rats with spinal cord injury.