Patients with cervical spinal cord injury frequently need prolonged mechanical ventilation as a result of worsening pulmonary vital capacity due to paralysis of respiratory muscles, severe impairment of tracheobronchial secretions clearance and high incidence of respiratory complications like pneumonia or atelectasis. Patients with thoracic spinal cord injury may need mechanical ventilation due...

In Malaysia, there is a lack of published articles regarding spinal cord injury (SCI) and the roles played by social workers. Such information important as SCI can affect quality life individual who experiences it. Indeed, be one most devastating injuries that person endure. The purpose study to explore challenges faced patients find out more about relationship between workers enhance patients....

Abstract Background & Aims: Cell therapy is among the novel therapeutic methods effective in the treatment of spinal cord injuries. The aim of the present study was using neural stem cells (NSCs) in treating contusion spinal cord injury in rat model. Methods: Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) were isolated from adult rats...

Although most spinal cord injuries (SCI) are anatomically incomplete, only limited functional recovery has been observed in people and rats with partial lesions. To address why surviving fibers cannot mediate more complete recovery, it is important to evaluate the physiological and anatomical status of spared fibers. These experiments require use of animal models. Here we describe a midthoracic...

Catastrophic earthquakes during the past decade in developing countries in Asia (Bam, Iran, 2003; Kashmi, Pakistan, 2005; and Sichuan, China, 2008) have resulted in large numbers of severe traumatic injuries including bone fracture, amputation, brain injury, and spinal cord injury (SCI). Experience managing these disabling injuries has demonstrated the benefit of high quality medical rehabilita...

spinal cord injuries (sci) are highly disabling and injuries. this study aims to describe the demographic and epidemiologic data on auto accident patients who were admitted at khatam alanbia hospital. the results obtained from 73 sci patients treated on the sci inpatient units of the khatam alanbia hospital (from march 2009 to march 2013) were evaluated retrospectively. then patient gender, age...

A variety of tests of sensorimotor function are used to characterize outcome after experimental spinal cord injury (SCI). These tests typically do not provide information about chemical and metabolic processes in the injured CNS. Here, we used (1) H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to monitor long-term and short-term chemical changes in the CNS in vivo following SCI. The investigated areas...

OBJECTIVE To document trends in the demographic and injury profile of new spinal cord injury (SCI) over time. DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis of longitudinal data by injury years (1972-1979, 1980-1989, 1990-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2014). SETTING Twenty-eight Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems centers throughout the United States. PARTICIPANTS Persons with traumatic SCI (N=30,881) enrolled in ...

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is characterized by damage resulting in dysfunction of the spinal cord. Hydrogels are common biomaterials that play an important role treatment SCI. biocompatible, and some have electrical conductivity compatible with tissues. a high drug-carrying capacity, allowing them to be used for SCI through loading various types active substances, drugs, or cells. We first discus...

during the last few decades, focus of rehabilitation outcome has been redirected to the lifetime monitoring of quality of life. the purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in quality of life perceptions between participants with spinal cord injury and participants of typical population.this cross-sectional controlled study of 100 adults aged 18-65 years was based on two questio...