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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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Acute transient spinal paralysis and cardiac symptoms following an accidental epidural potassium infusion – a case report

BMC Anesthesiology, 2017
Background To describe a case of an accidental epidural potassium infusion leading to an acute transient spinal paralysis and cardiac symptoms and review the literature on that topic.
Martin Kreutzträger, Marcel A. Kopp, Thomas Liebscher   +2 more
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The Ali Krogius procedure for treatment of patellofemoral instability should be regarded as obsolete even in skeletally immature patients

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2022
Background Several interventions are established for treating patellofemoral instability in adults. Fewer exist for pediatric patients without damaging the epiphysis. The Ali Krogius (AK) method is currently still being used. Most studies are not current
Yannic Bangert, Felix Mittelstrass, Johannes Weisshorn, Sébastien Hagmann, Alexander Barié, Ayham Jaber   +5 more
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Caregiving, Participation, and Quality of Life of Closest Next of Kin of Persons Living with Spinal Cord Injury in Norway

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2022
Objectives: To investigate how next of kin of persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) experience various life areas in terms of caregiving, participation, and quality of life, and the impact of personal characteristics of next of kin and SCI ...
Annette Halvorsen, Kristine Pape, Marcel Post, Fin Biering-Sørensen, Monica Engelsjord, Aslak Steinsbekk   +5 more
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Health promotion and cardiovascular risk reduction in people with spinal cord injury: physical activity, healthy diet and maintenance after discharge— protocol for a prospective national cohort study and a preintervention- postintervention study

BMJ Open, 2019
Introduction Spinal cord injury (SCI) predisposes those who suffer from it to physical inactivity and weight gain; consequently, death due to cardiovascular diseases is more frequent among people with SCI than in the general population.
Nicolaj Jersild Holm, Tom Møller, Lis Adamsen, Line Trine Dalsgaard, Fin Biering-Sorensen, Lone Helle Schou   +5 more
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Traumatic lumbar disc herniation: A systemic case review and meta-analysis

Brain and Spine, 2023
Introduction: Traumatic lumbar disc herniation (TLDH) without fracture in the in-situ motion segment is a rare occurrence compared with degenerative herniation.
J. Li, L. Gössel, B. Kunze, O. Kessler, Y. Alharbi, O. Gärtner, V.A. Mihalca, S. Krebs, M. Dreimann   +8 more
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SponDT (Spondylodiscitis Diagnosis and Treatment): spondylodiscitis scoring system

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2019
Background Spondylodiscitis is a chameleon among infectious diseases due to the lack of specific symptoms with which it is associated. It is nevertheless a serious infection, with 7% mortality of hospitalized patients, in large part because of delayed ...
Lars Homagk, Daniel Marmelstein, Nadine Homagk, Gunther O. Hofmann   +3 more
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Physical Fitness and Exercise Strategy According to General Characteristics of Spinal Cord Injured Person [PDF]

운동과학, 2019
PURPOSE Spinal cord injuries cause a decrease in overall body function after spinal cord injury. The physical fitness of the spinal cord injured person varies greatly depending on the level of injury, physical activity, and the use of a wheelchair ...
Kun-Ho Lee, Sang-Min Hong, Yun-A Shin
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Epidemiological Profile of traumatic spinal cord injuries in the National Referral Hospital, Bhutan

Bhutan Health Journal, 2023
Introduction: The number of traumatic spinal cord injuries associated with a fracture is on rise which is compounded by rise in number of motor vehicle accidents in the country.
Kuenzang Wangdi, Ugyen Tshering, Karma Phuentsho   +2 more
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The Person-Environment Profile: Preliminary Development of a Clinical Tool for Enhancing Goal-Based Rehabilitation Programs

Rehabilitation Process and Outcome, 2016
The World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health identifies environmental and personal factors as contextually relevant to functioning following disability.
Delena I. Amsters, Melissa B. Kendall, Pim Kuipers, Sarita B. Schuurs   +3 more
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