Browse the latest research summaries in the field of spinal cord injury for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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J Mol Neurosci, 2015 • May 30, 2015
The study aimed to identify reliable markers for avulsion-injured spinal motoneurons, as traditional markers like ChAT are not detectable early after injury. The researchers investigated the expressio...
KEY FINDING: ATF-3 is a marker for avulsion-injured motoneurons. It was rapidly induced and sustained in the nuclei of injured motoneurons.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2012 • January 1, 2012
This case report describes a 43-year-old man with a thoracic spinal cord injury who was diagnosed with simultaneous pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) and hemopericardium. The patient was successfully tr...
KEY FINDING: The patient with acute spinal cord injury presented with simultaneous PTE and hemopericardium, a rare complication involving conflicting treatments.
Physiol Rep, 2016 • December 1, 2016
This study investigated the interaction between mechanical ventilation (MV) and spinal cord injury (SCI) on pulmonary inflammation in rats. The researchers measured inflammatory cytokine profiles and ...
KEY FINDING: Mechanical ventilation increased levels of TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6, while decreasing IL-10 in the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid of rats without spinal cord injury.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2012 • January 1, 2012
This study provides preliminary evidence that women with SCI may have comparable trends in CMR as those observed in nondisabled women of similar menopausal status. The study found that postmenopausal ...
KEY FINDING: Postmenopausal women with SCI had significantly higher triglyceride levels compared to premenopausal women (101.8 mg/dL vs 55.7 mg/dL, P = .01).
JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA, 2018 • August 1, 2018
This study evaluates the safety and efficacy of rose bengal derivatives for glial scar ablation in a rat model of chronic spinal cord injury. The researchers compared unmodified rose bengal (RB1) with ...
KEY FINDING: Unmodified rose bengal (RB1) was more effective than the hydrocarbon-modified derivative (RB2) in reducing glial scar components while maintaining minimal collateral effects on spared tissue.
Neurorehabil Neural Repair, 2015 • March 1, 2015
The study assessed the impact of daily hindlimb stretching on locomotor recovery in rats with moderate spinal cord injury. The stretching protocol was modeled on practices observed in a clinical setti...
KEY FINDING: Daily hindlimb stretching significantly impaired functional recovery in rats with moderate spinal cord injury.
J Spinal Cord Med, 2008 • January 1, 2008
This case report presents a 26-year-old man with T9 paraplegia who developed inflammatory sacroiliitis, leading to elevated ESR and CRP levels. The patient had a recent urinary tract infection, which ...
KEY FINDING: Inflammatory sacroiliitis can be an unusual cause of elevated ESR and CRP levels in patients with SCI.
Ann Rehabil Med, 2015 • October 1, 2015
This study examined core and body surface temperatures in patients with incomplete SCI to assess thermoregulatory dysfunction. The results indicated that patients with upper SCIs (T6 or above) had low...
KEY FINDING: Patients with upper SCIs had significantly lower skin temperatures at the lower abdomen, anterior thigh, and anterior tibia compared to healthy individuals and patients with lower SCIs.
Neural Regeneration Research, 2014 • December 1, 2014
This study examined the effects of oral intake of thermomineral water on nerve regeneration in a mouse model of spinal cord injury. The results indicate that thermomineral water promotes locomotor rec...
KEY FINDING: Mice drinking thermomineral water showed significantly better locomotor recovery at 4, 8, and 12 weeks post-injury compared to the control group.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2015 • January 1, 2015
This study aimed to determine if there are differences in heart rate variability (HRV) measures across neurological level of impairment (NLI) and American Spinal Cord Injury Association Impairment Sca...
KEY FINDING: No significant differences in HRV measures were found across neurological level of impairment (NLI) and American Spinal Cord Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS) subgroups.