Spinal Cord Injury Research
Browse the latest research summaries in the field of spinal cord injury for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Cognitions, Coping and Social Environment Predict Adjustment to Pain in Spinal Cord Injury
J Pain, 2007 • September 1, 2007
This study investigated the influence of psychosocial variables on adjustment to chronic pain in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). It examined the relationships between pain-related beliefs, ...
KEY FINDING: Greater catastrophizing and the belief that pain signals damage were linked to increased pain interference and poorer mental health.
Prolotherapy-induced Cervical Spinal Cord Injury - A Case Report
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2011 • August 1, 2011
This case report describes a rare complication of prolotherapy, cervical spinal cord injury, in a 49-year-old male. The patient presented with electric shock sensations and numbness following prolothe...
KEY FINDING: A 49-year-old man experienced a spinal cord injury after receiving prolotherapy in the upper cervical region.
Acute Onset of Intracerebral Hemorrhage due to Autonomic Dysreflexia
J Korean Neurosurg Soc, 2014 • May 1, 2014
Autonomic dysreflexia is a clinical emergency in spinal cord injury patients that can lead to central nervous system complications, though rarely. This case reports a traumatic high level incomplete s...
KEY FINDING: A patient with a history of spinal cord injury developed right thalamic hemorrhage secondary to autonomic dysreflexia triggered by suprapubic catheter obstruction.
Experiences of peer counselling during inpatient rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord injuries
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2019 • January 1, 2019
This qualitative study evaluated peer counseling during inpatient rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord injuries (SCI) from the perspective of both patients and peer counselors. Patients experie...
KEY FINDING: Patients valued the solution-oriented, practical, and motivating nature of peer counseling, particularly appreciating the authentic and open demeanor of the peer counselors.
Rehabilitation After Surgical Reconstruction to Restore Function to the Upper Limb in Tetraplegia: A Changing Landscape
Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 2016 • June 1, 2016
This article addresses issues related to the availability and choice for surgery, preoperative assessments, postoperative training paradigms, and appropriate outcome measures for upper extremity recon...
KEY FINDING: Specific guidelines for postoperative training paradigms after upper limb reconstructive surgery in tetraplegia are not readily available.
Novel innovations in cell and gene therapies for spinal cord injury
F1000Research, 2020 • April 22, 2020
Spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to chronic and multifaceted disability, which severely impacts the physical and mental health as well as the socio-economic status of affected individuals. Considerable ...
KEY FINDING: Gene therapy has gained promising advancement in the past decade, as six therapies have gained clinical approval for conditions such as spinal muscular atrophy or Leber’s congenital amaurosis.
Who is going to walk? A review of the factors influencing walking recovery after spinal cord injury
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2014 • March 13, 2014
This review highlights that predicting walking recovery after SCI is possible based on patient demographics and clinical examination, particularly AIS classification. Instrumental examinations, like S...
KEY FINDING: Patients with complete sensory-motor lesions have very limited chances of regaining walking function, and if they do, they are often 'limited ambulators'.
Neuroimmune modulating and energy supporting nanozyme-mimic scaffold synergistically promotes axon regeneration after spinal cord injury
Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2024 • May 28, 2024
This study introduces a nanoenzyme-based scaffold (NS@COP) designed to address key challenges in spinal cord injury (SCI) repair, including inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, and glial scar form...
KEY FINDING: NS@COP restores the responsiveness of pro-inflammatory macrophages to CGRP by upregulating RAMP1, promoting an anti-inflammatory M2 phenotype.
Spinal cord injury with central cord syndrome from surfing
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2018 • January 3, 2018
This case report describes a rare instance of central cord syndrome (CCS) in a young, previously healthy novice surfer following a surfing accident. The patient presented with acute tetraplegia and se...
KEY FINDING: A 35-year-old novice surfer presented with acute tetraplegia and sensory deficits after a surfing accident.
Hydrogen-rich saline attenuates spinal cord hemisection-induced testicular injury in rats
Oncotarget, 2017 • March 3, 2017
This study investigates the effects of hydrogen-rich saline (HS) on testicular function in rats with hemisectioned spinal cord injury (hSCI). The results showed that hSCI significantly impaired hind l...
KEY FINDING: hSCI significantly decreased the hind limb neurological function, testis index, MSTD, and MSET, and induced severe testicular morphological injury.