Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI)
Matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in human traumatic spinal cord injury
... After traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI), the initial dam- age to the parenchyma at the lesion site is followed by a complex cascade of secondary events including break- down of the ...
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The fate of neurons after traumatic spinal cord injury in rats: a systematic review
... Traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) has a devastating effect on the patient’s quality of life, family, and society (1-3). Current clinical therapies attempt to prevent progression of secondary ...
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Survival Analysis in Patients with Chronic Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
... To our knowledge, this is the first study assessing survival rate of Iranian patients after chronic traumatic spinal cord injury, referred to a tertiary clinic. During the follow-up period, 22 ...
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Meaning of self-management from the perspective of individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury, their caregivers, and acute care and rehabilitation managers: an opportunity for improved care delivery
... various SCI Canada-Ontario branches; and, 4) a community exercise rehabilitation program at McMaster University in Hamilton, On- tario ...with traumatic SCI who were interested in the study contacted ...
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Global prevalence and incidence of traumatic spinal cord injury
... It is also challenging to compare differences in SCI cau- sation across countries due to a lack of standard definitions. For example, some studies have defined motor vehicle accidents as any collision involving a ...
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The Early Evolution of Spinal Cord Lesions on MR Imaging following Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
... which cord lesions evolve in patients during the early phase of SCI (ie, the first hours and days postinjury) is unknown; therefore, given similar clinical deficits, it is un- clear to what extent ...
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Emotional Intelligence in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
... Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating situation that affects ...with SCI experience major impairments in all aspects of their ...of traumatic SCI. Level and degree of ...
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Impact of multiple injuries on functional and neurological outcomes of patients with spinal cord injury
... brain injury and found that SCI patients with paraplegia and severe traumatic brain injury had lower FIM Motor Scale scores at admission and discharge and a longer rehabilitation LOS than ...
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Retinoic Acid Induced-Autophagic Flux Inhibits ER-Stress Dependent Apoptosis and Prevents Disruption of Blood-Spinal Cord Barrier after Spinal Cord Injury
... radiation injury to the spinal cord, multiple sclerosis (MS) [51], spinal cord ischemia, neuropathic pain, and traumatic SCI [9, ...of injury, resulting in sec- ...
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How does multiple trauma, traumatic brain injury (TBI) or spinal cord injury (SCI) affect male sexual functioning?
... ejaculation, SCI can also cause semen abnormalities in the form of low sperm viability and low sperm ...following SCI and factors affecting sperm transportation/storage are most likely explanation for these ...
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A Study on Knowledge, Perceptions and Attitudes about Screening and Diagnosis of Diabetes in Saudi Population
... of traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) in Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, China, from 2009 to ...of injury, American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA)-ISCoS ...
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Neuroinflammation and M2 microglia: the good, the bad, and the inflamed
... In spinal cord injury, the transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells has been shown to increase IL-4/13 and decrease TNFα levels ...alleviate spinal cord injury pathology ...to ...
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... bony injury, as SCIWORET is associated with better motor function and a lesser incidence of ligamentous ...the spinal cord injury, as well as to look for any traumatic disc herniation ...
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Impact of interventions on work-related outcomes for individuals with musculoskeletal injuries after road traffic crash: a systematic review protocol
... after traumatic brain injury [16–19] and spinal cord injury [20–22], less is known about the effective- ness of interventions to improve return to work rates and other work-related ...
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POST-TRAUMATIC CHRONIC SPINAL CORD INJURY: ASSESSMENT WITH MRI
... injured spinal cord more accurately thrul did ...post-traumatic spinal cord cyst, a differentiation which was frequently difficult with ...
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IGF-1 overexpression improves mesenchymal stem cell survival and promotes neurological recovery after spinal cord injury
... For spinal cord injury (SCI) induction, mice were anesthetized using ketamine (80–100 mg/kg IP; Cristalia, Itapira, Brazil) and xylazine ...contusion injury (~ 70 kdyn) was applied to ...
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Trajectories of Rehabilitation across Complex Environments (TRaCE): design and baseline characteristics for a prospective cohort study on spinal cord injury and acquired brain injury
... National Injury Insurance Scheme (NIIS) and the Na- tional Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) focus on pro- viding evidence-based lifetime care and support in a cost-efficient manner for people who acquire ...
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Width and neurophysiologic properties of tissue bridges predict recovery after cervical injury
... and spinal excitability of mono- synaptic ...After SCI, increases in MEP amplitudes over time have been shown to predict recovery of lower limb ...of SCI, the contribution of polysynaptic pathways to ...
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Original Article A hemi-contusive cervical spinal cord injury model with displacement control in rats
... the SCI severity by ad- justing the contusion ...hemi-contusion injury using force control at 150 kdyn achieved actual contusion displacement of ...severer SCI may ac- count for obstruction using ...
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Case Report: Combination Therapy with Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor in a Case of Spinal Cord Injury
... A 40-year-old man was referred to our center due to complete paraplegia, following gunshot to the left flank region since 15 days ago. In the emergency evacuation center, he had been admitted in shock and hypovolemic ...
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