Spinal Cord Injury Research

KEY FINDING: Over half (55%) of individuals with TSCI who are eligible for Ontario's public drug program used opioids in the year following their injury.

KEY FINDING: Participants most frequently reported goals related to endurance, muscle strengthening, weight loss, activities of daily living, transferring, and home and community mobility.

KEY FINDING: The FRA510S equipment provides quantitative values for balance function, offering a more objective way to assess balance compared to traditional methods.

KEY FINDING: The case report describes the successful management of a spinal cord injury sustained at 2.5 weeks of gestation, with no complications for the child.

KEY FINDING: More patients with SCI transitioned away from CIC than converted to it within the first year after rehabilitation.

KEY FINDING: The review found heterogenous evidence for the effects of tSCS on spasticity reduction post-SCI, indicating that the results across studies were not consistent.

KEY FINDING: The average scores on the autonomic dysreflexia knowledge test were similar for nurses (6.63 ± 2.2) and physiotherapists (6.87 ± 1.89), with no significant difference between the two groups (P > 0.05).

KEY FINDING: In children with SCI, there was a positive correlation between FA (a DTI metric) and SCCSA, meaning that higher FA was associated with a larger spinal cord area.

KEY FINDING: Half of the individuals with SCI in the study had moderate-to-severe NBD.

KEY FINDING: Boxing and battle ropes elicited higher relative EMG activity in people with mcSCI compared to controls.