Spinal Cord Implant Allows Paraplegics to Walk Again, Scientists Say
Three men paralyzed with severe spinal cord injuries were able to walk again days after receiving a spinal cord implant that stimulates trunk and leg muscles -- a development scientists think could have broad application as a commercial product. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - February 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Motor Function Restored in Three Men After Complete Paralysis Motor Function Restored in Three Men After Complete Paralysis
A breakthrough neuromodulation system rapidly restores motor function in patients with a severe spinal cord injury, new research shows.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - February 7, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Sensory sparing does not change long-term outcomes in motor complete spinal cord injuries - Liam H, Kody B, Kevin R.
BACKGROUND: In the acute post injury setting, the prognostic value of sensory sparing among motor complete spinal injury patients has been well demonstrated. However, once final AIS grade is achieved one year post-injury, the value of sensory sparing alone... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 7, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Influence of age on acute traumatic spinal cord injury in Saint Petersburg, Russia - Mirzaeva L, Lobzin S, Gilhus NE, Rekand T.
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate influence of age after traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI). SETTING: 13 specialized hospitals with neurosurgical departments of Saint Petersburg, Russia. METHODS: Charts of a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 7, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Incidence of and factors associated with hyponatremia in traumatic cervical spinal cord injury patients - Chavasiri C, Suriyachat N, Luksanapruksa P, Wilartratsami S, Chavasiri S.
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the incidence of and factors associated with hyponatremia among traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) patients. SETTING: Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Ba... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
The demographics of pain after spinal cord injury: a survey of our model system - Bresnahan JJ, Scoblionko BR, Zorn D, Graves DE, Viscusi ER.
STUDY DESIGN: Survey OBJECTIVES: Better understand the demographics of pain after spinal cord injury (SCI). SETTING: Academic Level 1 trauma center and SCI Model System. METHODS: A survey including general demographic questions, questions of specif... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
A cross-cultural mixed methods validation study of the spinal cord injury quality of life basic dataset (SCI QoL-BDS) - Rohn EJ, Hakbijl-van der Wind AJ, Post MWM, Forchheimer M, Charlifue S, New PW, Greve JMD, Tate DG.
STUDY DESIGN: Mixed methods inquiry using cognitive interviews and thematic content analysis. OBJECTIVES: Cross-validation of the concept of quality of life (QoL) and of the International Spinal Cord Injury Quality of Life Basic DataSet (SCI QoL-BD... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 29, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Cervical spinal lesion, completeness of injury, stress and depression reduce the efficiency of mental imagery in people with spinal cord injury - Kaur J, Ghosh S, Singh P, Dwivedi AK, Sahani AK, Sinha JK.
OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to assess the relationships of (1) clinical variables (age, level of injury, time since injury and completeness of injury) and (2) psychological variables (stress and depression) with mental imagery (MI) ability in i... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
A scoping review of registered clinical studies on management of individuals with acute spinal cord injury (2000-2020): trends and characteristics of the research initiatives - Furlan JC, Furlan DT, Marquez-Chin C.
This scoping review examined the current trends and characteristics of the clinical research initiatives on the management of acute spinal cord injury. This review included all clinical studies on the acute treatment of spinal cord injury that were registe... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 17, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Trends in traumatic spinal cord injuries in Estonia from 1997 to 2018 - Sabre L, Niinemets M, Asser A, Asser T, K õrv J.
OBJECTIVE: To analyze time trends in incidence, causes and risk factors for traumatic spinal cord injuries (TSCI) in Estonia between 1997-2007 and 2008-2018. DESIGN: Retrospective, population-based cohort study. SETTING: Specialized trauma centres ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 16, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Gun-Related Spinal Cord Injury in Childhood Brings Hardship Later
TUESDAY, Dec. 28, 2021 -- Spinal cord injuries in childhood are devastating no matter how they happen, but new research suggests that kids felled by gunshots are even worse off than those who suffer such an injury nonviolently.
About 13% of spinal... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 28, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
A new score based on the international standards for neurological classification of spinal cord injury for integrative evaluation of changes in sensorimotor functions - Grassner L, Garcia-Ovejero D, Mach O, Lopez-Dolado E, Vargas-Vaquero E, Alcobendas M, Esclarin A, Sanktjohanser L, Wutte C, Becker J, Lener S, Hartmann S, Girod PP, Koegl N, Griessenauer C, Papadopoulos MC, Geisler F, Thom é C, Molina-Holgado E, Vidal J, Curt A, Scivoletto G, Guest J, Maier D, Weidner N, Rupp R, Kramer JLK, Arevalo-Martin A.
Sensorimotor function of patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) is commonly assessed according to the International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI). From the ISNCSCI segmental motor and sensory assessments, upper a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 27, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Trauma indicators in spinal cord injury rehabilitation outcomes: a retrospective cohort analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank and National Spinal Cord Injury Database - Shea C, Slocum C, Goldstein R, Roach MJ, Griffin R, Chen Y, Zafonte R.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether initial emergency room physiologic measures and metrics of trauma severity predict functional outcomes and neurologic recovery in traumatic spinal cord injury. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of a clinical database.... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 27, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Science Saturday: Patient-focused research to transform experience for manual wheelchair users
A multidisciplinary team of Mayo Clinic researchers and others is looking at the ergonomics of people who use manual wheelchairs. They seek to identify metrics to quantify arm use associated with rotator cuff pathology and progressive degeneration, which will inform the development of personalized interventions. In general, people lose functionality in their rotator cuffs — the shoulder muscles and tendons keeping bones in place — as they age. However, for people with a spinal cord injury who… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - December 25, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Trends and external causes of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury mortality in south China, 2014-2018: an ecological study - Zheng XY, Yi Q, Xu XJ, Meng RL, Ma SL, Tang SL, Xu HF, Xu YS, Xu YJ, Yang Y.
BACKGROUND: The epidemiological evidence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI) mortality in mainland China is lacking. We aimed to assess the trends of TBI and SCI mortality, and their association with sex, age, location and external... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 10, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
