Understanding and Preventing Loss to Follow-up: Experiences From the Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems

The Model Spinal Cord Injury Systems

The Model Systems fall under NIDRR’s Health and Function priority. Their research, however, spans employment, participation and community living, technology, demographics, knowledge translation, and capacity building. Texas Model Spinal Cord Injury System The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR) (H133N060003) led by Daniel Graves, PhD and William Donovan, MD. Theresa San Agustin, MD...

Natural Polyphenols and Spinal Cord Injury

Polyphenols have been shown to have some of the neuroprotective effects against neurodegenerative diseases. These effects are attributed to a variety of biological activities, including free radical scavenging/antioxidant and anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic activities. In this regard, many efforts have been made to study the effects of various well-known dietary polyphenols on spinal cord ...

Microglial Activation in Rat Experimental Spinal Cord Injury Model

Background: The present study was designed to evaluate the secondary microglial activation processes after spinal cord injury (SCI). Methods: A quantitative histological study was performed to determine ED-1 positive cells, glial cell density, and cavitation size in untreated SCI rats at days 1, 2, and 4, and weeks 1, 2, 3, and 4. Results: The results of glial cell quantification along the 4900...

Biomechanical Responses to Experimental open Spinal Cord Injury

Loss to follow-up

Why do these situations make a difference? Because in each situation, those lost to follow-up often have a different prognosis than those who complete the study. For example, patients who receive treatment for cervical myelopathy may not return for follow-up because they became asymptomatic and felt no need to return to see the surgeon. Conversely, some patients may not return because they had ...