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+3 more
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Purpose Reconstruction of the Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) using tendon grafting is an established method for restoring knee function and stability. Multiple methods are established for graft fixation.
Y. Bangert+7 more
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A hospital based cross-sectional study on clinical profile of patients with spinal cord injuries
Background: Correct incidence of the spinal cord injuries in India is not known. Prevention is better than cure as there is no proper cure for the spinal cord injuries.
G Krishnamurthy, Goutham Kumar
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Physical Fitness and Exercise Strategy According to General Characteristics of Spinal Cord Injured Person [PDF]
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
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+2 more
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Longitudinal Optogenetic Motor Mapping Revealed Structural and Functional Impairments and Enhanced Corticorubral Projection after Contusive Spinal Cord Injury in Mice [PDF]
Current evaluation of impairment and repair after spinal cord injury (SCI) is largely dependent on behavioral assessment and histological analysis of injured tissue and pathways. Here, we evaluated whether transcranial optogenetic mapping of motor cortex
Chai, Zhi+5 more
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Chronic thoracic hemisection spinal cord injury in adult rats induces a progressive decline in transmission from uninjured fibers to lumbar motoneurons [PDF]
Although most spinal cord injuries are anatomically incomplete, only limited functional recovery has been observed in people and rats with partial lesions.
Arko Ghosh+10 more
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Comorbidity scores are important predictors of in-hospital mortality after traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI), but the impact of specific pre-existing diseases is unknown.
Christian Blex+8 more
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Background The use of a quadriceps tendon-patellar bone (QTPB) autograft provides an alternative procedure in primary reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).
Alexander Barié+6 more
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AMPA Receptor Phosphorylation and Synaptic Colocalization on Motor Neurons Drive Maladaptive Plasticity below Complete Spinal Cord Injury. [PDF]
Clinical spinal cord injury (SCI) is accompanied by comorbid peripheral injury in 47% of patients. Human and animal modeling data have shown that painful peripheral injuries undermine long-term recovery of locomotion through unknown mechanisms ...
Beattie, Michael S+7 more
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