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Rehabilitation of Acute Vs. Chronic Patients With Spinal Cord Injury With a Neurologically Controlled Hybrid Assistive Limb Exoskeleton: Is There a Difference in Outcome?

Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 2021
This study aimed to assess the outcome of acute and chronic participants with spinal cord injury (SCI) after 12 weeks of bodyweight supported treadmill training (BWSTT) with a hybrid assistive limb exoskeleton (HAL).
Amrei Zieriacks, Mirko Aach, Alexis Brinkemper, Daniela Koller, Thomas Armin Schildhauer, Dennis Grasmücke   +5 more
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Urinary bladder cancer as a late sequela of traumatic spinal cord injury

Military Medical Research, 2021
Background Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is also a combat-related injury that is increasing in modern warfare. The aim of this work is to inform medical experts regarding the different course of bladder cancer in able-bodied patients compared with ...
Ralf Böthig, Christian Tiburtius, Wolfgang Schöps, Michael Zellner, Oliver Balzer, Birgitt Kowald, Sven Hirschfeld, Roland Thietje, Aki Pietsch, Ines Kurze, Martin Forchert, Thura Kadhum, Klaus Golka   +12 more
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A pressure monitoring approach for pressure ulcer prevention

BMC Biomedical Engineering, 2023
Background A pressure ulcer (PU) is a debilitating condition that disproportionately affects people with impaired mobility. PUs facilitate tissue damage due to prolonged unrelieved pressure, degrading quality of life with a considerable socio-economic ...
Bethel Osuagwu, Euan McCaughey, Mariel Purcell   +2 more
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Influences on Participation in Life After Spinal Cord Injury: Qualitative Inquiry Reveals Interaction of Context and Moderators

Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 2022
BackgroundGreater understanding of the influences on participation in life after spinal cord injury (SCI) can inform rehabilitation theory and practice.
Delena Amsters, Delena Amsters, Melissa Kendall, Melissa Kendall, Sarita Schuurs, Sarita Schuurs, Pim Kuipers   +6 more
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Lumbosacral Sagittal Alignment in Association to Intervertebral Disc Diseases [PDF]

Asian Spine Journal, 2014
Study DesignA cross-sectional case-control study was designed to compare the sagittal alignment of lumbosacral regions in two groups of patients suffering from low back pain, one with intervertebral disc pathologies and one without.PurposeTo evaluate the
Zohreh Habibi, Farid Maleki, Ali Tayebi Meybodi, Ali Mahdavi, Hooshang Saberi   +4 more
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International surveillance study in acute spinal cord injury confirms viability of multinational clinical trials

BMC Medicine, 2022
Background The epidemiological international landscape of traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) has evolved over the last decades along with given inherent differences in acute care and rehabilitation across countries and jurisdictions.
Lucie Bourguignon, Bobo Tong, Fred Geisler, Martin Schubert, Frank Röhrich, Marion Saur, Norbert Weidner, Rüdiger Rupp, Yorck-Bernhard B. Kalke, Rainer Abel, Doris Maier, Lukas Grassner, Harvinder S. Chhabra, Thomas Liebscher, Jacquelyn J. Cragg, EMSCI study group, John Kramer, Armin Curt, Catherine R. Jutzeler   +18 more
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3D synchrotron imaging of muscle tissues at different atrophic stages in stroke and spinal cord injury: a proof-of-concept study

Scientific Reports, 2022
Synchrotron X-ray computed tomography (SXCT) allows 3D imaging of tissue with a very large field of view and an excellent micron resolution and enables the investigation of muscle fiber atrophy in 3D.
Jessica Pingel, Hans Martin Kjer, Fin Biering-Sørensen, Robert Feidenhans’l, Tim B. Dyrby   +4 more
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HAL Training in Spinal Cord Injured Patients: A Narrative Review of 10 Years Experience

Applied Sciences, 2023
To provide a summary and overview of the use of Hybrid Assistive Limb in spinal cord injured patients over the past 10 years. A review of the literature was performed via Web of Science and PubMed using the search terms “Hybrid assistive limb” or “HAL ...
Alexis Brinkemper, Dennis Grasmücke, Emre Yilmaz, Thomas Armin Schildhauer, Mirko Aach   +4 more
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An international survey of the structure and process of care for traumatic spinal cord injury in acute and rehabilitation facilities: lessons learned from a pilot study

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background To describe the key findings and lessons learned from an international pilot study that surveyed spinal cord injury programs in acute and rehabilitation facilities to understand the status of spinal cord injury care.
Aidin Abedi, Fin Biering-Sørensen, Harvinder S. Chhabra, Julia Maria D’Andréa Greve, Nasser M. Khan, Eerika Koskinen, Kenny Yat Hong Kwan, Nan Liu, James W. Middleton, Sasa Moslavac, Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar, Colleen O’Connell, Jean G. Previnaire, Alpesh Patel, Giorgio Scivoletto, Lisa N. Sharwood, Andrea Townson, Susan Urquhart, Aki Vainionpää, Atiq Uz Zaman, Vanessa K. Noonan, Christiana L. Cheng   +21 more
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The Human ApoE4 Variant Reduces Functional Recovery and Neuronal Sprouting After Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury in Male Mice

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2021
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating form of neurotrauma. Patients who carry one or two apolipoprotein E (ApoE)4 alleles show worse functional outcomes and longer hospital stays after SCI, but the cellular and molecular underpinnings for this ...
Carlos A. Toro, Carlos A. Toro, Carlos A. Toro, Jens Hansen, Mustafa M. Siddiq, Kaitlin Johnson, Kaitlin Johnson, Wei Zhao, Wei Zhao, Wei Zhao, Daniella Azulai, Daniella Azulai, Dibash K. Das, Dibash K. Das, Dibash K. Das, William Bauman, William Bauman, Robert Sebra, Dongming Cai, Dongming Cai, Ravi Iyengar, Christopher P. Cardozo, Christopher P. Cardozo   +22 more
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