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Epidemiology of spinal cord injuries and risk factors for complete injuries in Guangdong, China: a retrospective study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
BACKGROUND: Spinal cord injuries are highly disabling and deadly injuries. Currently, few studies focus on non-traumatic spinal cord injuries, and there is little information regarding the risk factors for complete injuries.
Rui Yang, Lan Guo, Peng Wang, Lin Huang, Yong Tang, Wenhao Wang, Keng Chen, Jichao Ye, Ciyong Lu, Yanfeng Wu, Huiyong Shen   +10 more
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Rehabilitation of spinal cord injuries

World Journal of Orthopedics, 2015
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is the injury of the spinal cord from the foramen magnum to the cauda equina which occurs as a result of compulsion, incision or contusion. The most common causes of SCI in the world are traffic accidents, gunshot injuries, knife injuries, falls and sports injuries.
Nas, Kemal, Levent Yazmalar, Volkan Sah, Abdulkadir Aydin, Kadriye Ones   +4 more
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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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Spinal Cord Injuries [PDF]

Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 2010
Spinal Cord injury (SCI) is one of the most devastating and demoralizing ailment for both the patient and the medical practitioner. However, with the better understanding of the pathophysiology, better imaging modalities and emphasis on immobilization and rehabilitation has provided a ray of hope to such patients.
SM Sudambrekar, M Malhotra, HS Bhatoe
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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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