in worldwide, an estimated 40 cases per 1 million people reported with new spinal cord injuries each year. people with spinal cord injuries suffer from severe physical, psychological, social and economic problems. damaged or lost cells can't be replaced when the spinal cord is injured; therefore, its function becomes disturbed permanently. despite the significant advances in the understand...

background: spinal cord injury (sci) is a major clinical condition and research is commonly done to find suitable treatment options. however, there are some degrees of spontaneous recovery after sci and gender is said to be a contributing factor in recovery, but this is controversial. this study was done to compare the effects of sexual dimorphism on spontaneous recovery after spinal cord injur...

a 21-year old man with cervical spinal cord damage due to diving was admitted in the icu. tracheostomy was performed due to prolonged mechanical ventilation. left lung atelectasis happened frequently. because of the difficulty of bronchoscopy and failing of recruitment, using a double lumen, two tracheal tubes were guided into the left and right lungs through the tracheostomy stoma site. after ...

conclusions these results showed that the administration of sdf-1a increases the number of proliferating cells in the injured area in the spinal cord and improves functional recovery. results significant improvements in locomotor function were detected in the sdf-1 group compared with the sci and vehicle groups (p < 0.05). the results showed that sdf-1 treatment increased proliferative cells at...

Objective(s): AMP-activated protein kinase/sirtuin 1 (AMPK/SIRT1) signaling pathway has been proved to be involved in the regulation of autophagy in various models. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of AMPK/SIRT1 pathway on autophagy after spinal cord injury (SCI). Materials and Methods:The SCI model was established in rats in vivo and the primary spinal cord neurons were subject...

Objectives: Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) can adversely affect ones’ life and coping with it is very important. The present study reported the effects of reinforcing coping strategies using Motivational Interviewing (MI).  Methods: This was a case report of 5 males with SCI, with the Mean±SD age and time passed since the SCI of 34±15.9 years and 20.6±16.6, respectively. The study participants were ...

abstract introduction: cardiovascular fitness as the ability of the system - respiratory and skeletal muscle to achieve a certain level of activity is defined as, where after spinal cord injury can be reduced through exercise can increase this capacity. objective: the objective of this study, veterans with spinal cord injury spirometric indices in various athletic sports (archery, wheelchairran...

Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the main causes of severe disability and mortality following trauma. Complications and outcomes of patients with spine trauma, especially those who undergo surgery, are a less divulged topic in Iran. Therefore, we designed the present study to evaluate complications and outcomes of patients with traumatic spine in Poursina hospital of Rasht. Mater...

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) level tinggi dapat menyebabkan gangguan pada pernapasan yang mengancam nyawa pasien. One of the interventions that can be given to individuals with SCI in reducing complications respiratory problems is Respiratory Muscle Training (RMT). (RMT) a technique aims improve function muscles through specific exercises. This study determined effectiveness muscle training spinal ...

PURPOSE To assess the effectiveness of sympathetic skin response in evaluating peripheral sympathetic nerve activity of patients with spinal cord injury, and to report on the basic properties of sympathetic skin response. METHODS Sympathetic skin response evoked by electrical stimulation was recorded from the palms and soles of healthy volunteers and patients with spinal cord injury. RESULT...