Prediction of Lower Urinary Tract, Sexual, and Bowel Function, and Autonomic Dysreflexia after Spinal Cord Injury

Spinal cord injury (SCI) can disrupt the pathways that control lower urinary tract, sexual, and bowel function, and also increase the risk of autonomic dysreflexia. Predicting the recovery of these functions is crucial for guiding rehabilitation, counseling, and social reintegration, as well as for designing clinical trials. While there are models for predicting lower urinary tract and bowel outcomes, there is a need for models predicting sexual function and autonomic dysreflexia.

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  Reliable algorithms exist for predicting lower urinary tract and bowel outcomes after traumatic and ischemic SCI.
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  A few risk factors for autonomic dysreflexia have been identified, but a predictive model is still lacking.
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  No model exists to predict the evolution of sexual function after SCI, highlighting a significant gap in research.