scholarly journals Marriage and family patterns with long-term spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank S Deyoe
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Family Patterns ◽  
Cord Injury

Long-Term Follow-Up After Spinal Cord Injury in Canada

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark I. Tonack ◽  
Sander L. Hitzig ◽  
B. Catharine Craven ◽  
Kent A. Campbell ◽  
Kathryn A. Boschen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Long Term Follow Up

OPEN HAEMORRHOIDS SURGERY IN SPINAL CORD INJURY PATIENTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khaled Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Anal Fissure ◽  
Open Surgery ◽  
Anal Fissures ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Long Term Follow Up ◽  
Grade Iii

This Pilot retrospective research conducted on the results of open surgery in patients with Grade III and IV haemorrhoids With SCI. No major complications had arisen at 6 weeks post-operative and all wounds had healed, but 1 patient Anal fissure recurrence. 75% of patients reported a substantial increase in anorectal anorexia during long-term follow-up. With symptoms. Five patients reported recurrences: three haemorrhoids (18 percent) and two anal fissures (25 percent).   Keywords: Haemorrhoids, Pilot retrospective research, Anorectal Anorexia.

scholarly journals Long term outcome of functional independence and quality of life after traumatic SCI in Germany

Spinal Cord ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian Möller ◽  
Rüdiger Rupp ◽  
Norbert Weidner ◽  
Christoph Gutenbrunner ◽  
Yorck B. Kalke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Functional Independence ◽  
Term Outcome ◽  
Long Term Outcome ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Over Time

Abstract Study design Multicenter observational study. Objective To describe the long-term outcome of functional independence and quality of life (QoL) for individuals with traumatic and ischemic SCI beyond the first year after injury. Setting A multicenter study in Germany. Methods Participants of the European multicenter study about spinal cord injury (EMSCI) of three German SCI centers were included and followed over time by the German spinal cord injury cohort study (GerSCI). Individuals’ most recent spinal cord independence measure (SCIM) scores assessed by a clinician were followed up by a self-report (SCIM-SR) and correlated to selected items of the WHO short survey of quality of life (WHO-QoL-BREF). Results Data for 359 individuals were obtained. The average time passed the last clinical SCIM examination was 81.47 (SD 51.70) months. In total, 187 of the 359 received questionnaires contained a completely evaluable SCIM-SR. SCIM scores remained stable with the exception of reported management of bladder and bowel resulting in a slight decrease of SCIM-SR of −2.45 points (SD 16.81). SCIM-SR scores showed a significant correlation with the selected items of the WHO-QoL-BREF (p < 0.01) with moderate to strong influence. Conclusion SCIM score stability over time suggests a successful transfer of acquired independence skills obtained during primary rehabilitation into the community setting paralleled by positively related QoL measurements but bladder and bowel management may need special attention.

From acute to long-term alterations in pain processing and modulation after spinal cord injury

Pain ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Defrin ◽  
Hila Gruener ◽  
Evgeni Gaidukov ◽  
Moshe Bondi ◽  
Orna Rachamim-Katz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Pain Processing ◽  
Cord Injury

An intracortical neuroprosthesis immediately alleviates walking deficits and improves recovery of leg control after spinal cord injury

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (586) ◽  
pp. eabb4422
Author(s):  
Marco Bonizzato ◽  
Marina Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Pattern Generation ◽  
Rhythmic Pattern ◽  
Cortical Control ◽  
Motor Mapping ◽  
Cortical Motor ◽  
Locomotor Control ◽  
Cord Injury

Most rehabilitation interventions after spinal cord injury (SCI) only target the sublesional spinal networks, peripheral nerves, and muscles. However, mammalian locomotion is not a mere act of rhythmic pattern generation. Recovery of cortical control is essential for voluntary movement and modulation of gait. We developed an intracortical neuroprosthetic intervention to SCI, with the goal to condition cortical locomotor control. Neurostimulation delivered in phase coherence with ongoing locomotion immediately alleviated primary SCI deficits, such as leg dragging, in rats with incomplete SCI. Cortical neurostimulation achieved high fidelity and markedly proportional online control of leg trajectories in both healthy and SCI rats. Long-term neuroprosthetic training lastingly improved cortical control of locomotion, whereas short training held transient improvements. We performed longitudinal awake cortical motor mapping, unveiling that recovery of cortico-spinal transmission tightly parallels return of locomotor function in rats. These results advocate directly targeting the motor cortex in clinical neuroprosthetic approaches.

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