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10-year Follow-up of Mod Quad and Triangle Tilt Surgeries in Obstetric Brachial Plexus Injury

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2019
Aim:. To evaluate whether obstetric brachial plexus injury (OBPI) children who had mod Quad and triangle tilt surgeries maintained their recovered upper extremity functional movements over 10 years. Background:. The short-term outcomes of surgery in OBPI
Rahul K. Nath, MD, Chandra Somasundaram, PhD   +1 more
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Acute Putrescine Supplementation with Schwann Cell Implantation Improves Sensory and Serotonergic Axon Growth and Functional Recovery in Spinal Cord Injured Rats

Neural Plasticity, 2015
Schwann cell (SC) transplantation exhibits significant potential for spinal cord injury (SCI) repair and its use as a therapeutic modality has now progressed to clinical trials for subacute and chronic human SCI.
J. Bryan Iorgulescu, Samik P. Patel, Jack Louro, Christian M. Andrade, Andre R. Sanchez, Damien D. Pearse   +5 more
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Altering spinal cord excitability enables voluntary movements after chronic complete paralysis in humans.

Brain : a journal of neurology, 2014
Previously, we reported that one individual who had a motor complete, but sensory incomplete spinal cord injury regained voluntary movement after 7 months of epidural stimulation and stand training.
C. Angeli, V. Reggie Edgerton, Y. Gerasimenko, S. Harkema, S. Harkema   +4 more
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TrkC Overexpression Enhances Survival and Migration of Neural Stem Cell Transplants in the Rat Spinal Cord

Cell Transplantation, 2002
Although CNS axons have the capacity to regenerate after spinal cord injury when provided with a permissive substrate, the lack of appropriate synaptic target sites for regenerating fibers may limit restoration of spinal circuitry.
Daniel A. Castellanos, Pantelis Tsoulfas, Beata R. Frydel, Shyam Gajavelli, Jean-Claude Bes, Jacqueline Sagen Ph.D.   +5 more
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A preliminary study evaluating self-reported effects of cannabis and cannabinoids on neuropathic pain and pain medication use in people with spinal cord injury

Frontiers in Pain Research, 2023
Approximately 60% of individuals with a spinal cord injury (SCI) experience neuropathic pain, which often persists despite the use of various pharmacological treatments.
Kristiina Kinnunen, Linda E. Robayo, Nicholas P. Cherup, Scott I. Frank, Scott I. Frank, Eva Widerström-Noga, Eva Widerström-Noga, Eva Widerström-Noga   +7 more
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Cellular Changes in Injured Rat Spinal Cord Following Electrical Brainstem Stimulation

Brain Sciences, 2019
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a major cause of disability and pain, but little progress has been made in its clinical management. Low-frequency electrical stimulation (LFS) of various anti-nociceptive targets improves outcomes after SCI, including motor ...
Walter J. Jermakowicz, Stephanie S. Sloley, Lia Dan, Alberto Vitores, Melissa M. Carballosa-Gautam, Ian D. Hentall   +5 more
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Prevalence and Causes of Paralysis-United States, 2013.

American Journal of Public Health, 2016
OBJECTIVES To estimate the prevalence and causes of functional paralysis in the United States. METHODS We used the 2013 US Paralysis Prevalence & Health Disparities Survey to estimate the prevalence of paralysis, its causes, associated sociodemographic
B. Armour, Elizabeth A. Courtney-Long, M. Fox, Heidi G. Fredine, Anthony Cahill   +4 more
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Successful Outcome of Triangle Tilt as Revision Surgery in a Pediatric Obstetric Brachial Plexus Patient with Multiple Previous Operations

Case Reports in Surgery, 2014
Introduction. Obstetric brachial plexus injury (OBPI) occurs during the process of labor and childbirth. OBPI has been reported to be associated with shoulder dystocia, macrosomia, and breech delivery. Its occurrence in uncomplicated delivery is possible
Rahul K. Nath, Vishnu Halthore, Chandra Somasundaram   +2 more
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Meta-Analysis of Long Thoracic Nerve Decompression and Neurolysis Versus Muscle and Tendon Transfer Operative Treatments of Winging Scapula

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2017
Background:. Injury to long thoracic and the spinal accessory nerves can cause winging scapula as a result of weakness and paralysis of the trapezius and serratus anterior muscles.
Rahul K. Nath, MD, Chandra Somasundaram, PhD   +1 more
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Causation of Acute Flaccid Paralysis by Myelitis and Myositis in Enterovirus-D68 Infected Mice Deficient in Interferon αβ/γ Receptor Deficient Mice

Viruses, 2018
Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) caused a large outbreak in the summer and fall of 2014 in the United States. It causes serious respiratory disease, but causation of associated paralysis is controversial, because the virus is not routinely identified in ...
J. Morrey, Hong Wang, B. Hurst, Katherine Zukor, V. Siddharthan, A. V. Van Wettere, Donal G Sinex, E. Tarbet   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source