Spinal cord
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Retrospective database analysis. ⋯ SCI patients had a high comorbidity, medication and healthcare resource use burden in clinical practice. Further research with larger sample sizes and more comprehensive data sources may serve to clarify study findings.
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Forecasting using population modelling. ⋯ We have reported a method for calculating an estimate of the prevalence of NTSCI that provides information that will be vital to optimise health care planning for this group of highly disabled members of society. It is suggested that refinements to the modelling methods are required to enhance its reliability. Future projects should be directed at refining the mortality ratios and performing cohort survival studies.
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Experimental dog model of spinal cord shortening. ⋯ Shortening of half of a vertebral segment height will not induce spinal cord injury (SCI), while that between half and two-thirds of a vertebral segment may lead to incomplete SCI.
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Retrospective economic analysis. ⋯ The high costs and long length of stay in inpatient rehabilitation are important system cost drivers, emphasizing the need to evaluate treatment efficacy and subsequent health outcomes in the inpatient rehabilitation setting.
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A cross-sectional study. ⋯ As mood and QoL are negatively affected with pain in SCI patients, we suggest that chronic pain should always be treated in a multidisciplinary setting where pharmacological, physical and psychological therapies are combined.