Spinal cord
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Retrospective, longitudinal analysis of sensory, motor and functional outcomes from individuals with thoracic (T2-T12) sensorimotor complete spinal cord injury (SCI). ⋯ The data suggest that a sustained deterioration of three or more thoracic sensory levels or loss of upper extremity motor function are rare events and may be useful for tracking the safety of a therapeutic intervention in early phase acute SCI clinical trials, if a significant proportion of study subjects exhibit such an ascent.
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A retrospective epidemiological study. ⋯ To our knowledge, national or local epidemiological study of spinal cord injury (SCI) has not been carried out previously in China. The number of SCI patients in this country is large and would increase gradually. Similar to other developing countries, falls were the main causes of TSCI. Low falls were more common in those over 60 years old. As the ageing society coming, the number of low falls-induced TSCI would increase gradually, which poses a challenge to the society health system.
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Prospective cohort study. ⋯ Recovery of voluntary motor function can be quantitatively tracked using neurophysiological methods in the domains of time and multimuscle motor unit activation.
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This was an experimental study. ⋯ High-resolution IR-supported PD MRI provides useful micro-anatomical information about white matter damage and sparing in the post-mortem assessment of chronic rat SCI.
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Prospective longitudinal experimental study. ⋯ The EPT test showed good sensitivity to change in dermatomes at and directly below the sensory level of the SCI. This makes it a potentially useful quantitative sensory instrument for detecting changes in sensory function during longitudinal monitoring of patients with SCI.