Spinal Cord Injury (SCI): Types, Causes, and Treatment: Publications and Documents
Summary
These publications feature news about spinal cord injuries (SCI) and their treatments, from cutting-edge research to practical recovery tips, and shows up in all sorts of places like medical journals, health magazines, and even everyday newspapers. You'll find topics like new rehab techniques, breakthrough therapies such as stem cell treatments, and stories about how people adapt after an injury. These publications dig into both the science - think studies on nerve regeneration - and real-life experiences, like how someone regained movement years later. They're packed with useful info that can shed light on what's possible, spark hope with the latest advancements, and offer practical insights for anyone curious about SCI, especially those navigating life with a disability or aging-related challenges.Searching the Database
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| Title and Description | Ed | Publish Revised |
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| Motor Control Shifts Found After Spinal Cord Injury A Swedish study using non-invasive sensors reveals how incomplete spinal cord injury disrupts motor unit coordination at both low and high levels of muscle effort. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Spinal Cord Neurons Can Learn and Remember Independently Peer-reviewed research identifies two spinal cord neuron types that enable motor learning and memory independent of the brain, with implications for spinal injury recovery. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Residual Paresthesia Lowers Spinal Surgery Satisfaction A peer-reviewed study of 187 patients finds severe residual paresthesia after cervical spine surgery reduces satisfaction even when function improves. | ✓ ✓ | |
| New Discovery Could Lead to Improvements for Spinal Cord Injuries New research offers important insights into how the immune system responds to spinal cord injuries, and why that response becomes blunted with the passing years. | ||
| AZD1236 Investigational Drug Fosters Nerve Repair After Spinal Injury Researchers show that a brain-penetrating candidate drug can foster regeneration of damaged nerves after spinal trauma. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Cell Pores Discovery: Hope for Millions of Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Patients Scientists discover new treatment to dramatically reduce swelling after brain and spinal cord injuries, offering hope to 75 million victims worldwide each year. | ||
| Cervical Hernias Linked to Brain Damage, Study Finds Spanish researchers used neuroimaging and artificial intelligence to detect brain damage in patients with cervical hernias, including cortical atrophy. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Spinal Cord Neural Stem Cells Show Diverse Promise for SCI Derived from human pluripotent stem cells, these diverse cells advance disease modeling and may provide new, scalable source of replacement cells for spinal cord injuries (SCI). | ||
| New Hope of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Recovery New study offers hope of recovery from spinal cord injury, novel enzyme treatment may reduce inflammation and scarring that prevent neuronal regeneration. | ||
| Experimental Drug Restores Some Bladder Function After SCI LM11A-31 appears to help by blocking dual activity of pro-nerve growth factor (proNGF) and a receptor called p75. | ||
| Non-Invasive Spinal Stimulation Enables Paralyzed People to Regain Use of Hands People with severe spinal cord injuries (SCI) regain use of hands and fingers after undergoing nonsurgical, noninvasive spinal stimulation procedure. | ||
| First Implantation with Swedge Pedicle Screw System - Spinal Resources, Inc First successful clinical implantation of its one-of-a-kind Swedge Pedicle Screw System for surgical repair and reconstruction of debilitating spinal conditions. | ||
| Exploring Upper Limb Dysfunction After Spinal Cord Injury A five-year grant from National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research funds multi-site study of intermittent hypoxia in spinal cord injury. | ||
| Spinal Cord Injury Recovery Can Be Predicted International team of researchers has for the first time investigated extent and progression of microstructural changes over first two years after spinal cord injury. | ||
| Bowel Care Top Concern for People with Spinal Cord Injury Study reveals most pressing concerns for individuals with SCI showed that bowel care, followed by sexual function, bladder function and pain were key concerns. | ||
| Human Neural Stem Cell Grafts Used to Repair Spinal Cord Injuries in Monkeys Neuroscientists and surgeons successfully grafted human neural progenitor cells into rhesus monkeys with spinal cord injuries representing major step toward future human clinical trials. | ||
| How the Human Brain Can Tell Our Arms and Legs Apart Researchers are now able to decode the distinctions that lead to specialization in motor control for the two sets of human limbs. | ||
| Electrical Epidural Stimulation Implant Reduces Invisible Symptoms of SCI Experimental treatment that sends electrical currents through the spinal cord has improved debilitating side effects for man with spinal cord injury. | ||
| Genes That Repair Spinal Cord in Fish Also Present in Humans Many of the genes that repair an injured spinal cord in a fish called the lamprey are also active in the repair of the peripheral nervous system in mammals. | ||
| Majority of Patients with Unknown Spinal Cord Disease Later Given Specific Diagnosis Mayo Clinic study reveals most patients with suspected spinal cord inflammation of unknown cause have an alternative, specific diagnosis. | ||
| When the Spinal Cord Takes Charge of Information Related to Movement Researchers solve mystery about how the spinal cord knows when to pay attention to certain pieces of information, and when to ignore it as distracting. | ||
| Human Spine Vertebrae C1-S5: Structure and Functions Detailed reference guide to spine anatomy from cervical to sacral vertebrae, explaining how each level affects body function following spinal injury. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Understanding Quadriplegia and Paraplegia After SCI Comprehensive guide to quadriplegia and paraplegia definitions, spinal cord injury classifications, statistics, causes, and recovery outcomes for patients. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Rebuilding Spinal Cords with Energetic Polymer Scaffold A scaffold made of energetic polymer to coax nerve cells to extend axons over the damaged section of the spine may be a solution for SCI. | ||
| Individual with Complete SCI Regains Voluntary Motor Function Extended activity-based training with epidural stimulation resulted individual with complete spinal cord injury ability to stand and move without stimulation. | ||
| Nanoparticles Injected After Spinal Cord Injury Limit Damage, Inflammation and Scarring The treatment could potentially limit secondary damage to the spinal cord in humans after an SCI. | ||
| Working Around Spinal Injuries - Spinal Cord Functional Recovery Study shows that changes in the brain after spinal cord injury are necessary to restore at least some function to lower limbs. | ||
| Location of Spinal Correction Influences Risk of Proximal Junctional Kyphosis (PJK) Development New study reports PJK risk following lumbar spinal fusion depends on level of the spine fused. Researchers found fusing the lower portion of lumbar spine resulted in decreased risk of PJK. | ||
| Health Problems Besides Paralysis Faced By Spinal Cord Injury Patients Report reveals SCI patients also at risk for cardiovascular disease; pneumonia; blood clots; bladder, bowel and sexual dysfunction; constipation; gastrointestinal problems; pressure ulcers; and chronic pain. | ||
| Experimental Stimulator Treatment Improves Grip, Finger Motion in Quadriplegics Implanted spinal stimulator shows promise in returning hand strength and movement to man who broke his neck in a dirt-biking accident. | ||
| New Hope For Paralysis Patients - Precise Nerve Stimulation Via Electrode Implants Patients with spinal cord injuries could regain use of paralyzed arms and legs controlled via a tiny array of implanted electrodes. | ||
| NASA Study: Space Effect on Astronauts Spines Study reveals astronauts who spend a lot of time in space develop atrophy of the muscles supporting the spine. | ||
| Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Questions and Answers Dr. Fabien Bitan provides tips and explains common points about minimally invasive spine surgery, an increasingly popular surgical option for back pain. | ||
| Shark Tank's Barbara Corcoran's Brother Walks After Spine Surgery John Corcoran, brother of Barbara Corcoran, became paralyzed after a horrific motorcycle accident last fall and is now getting back to life. | ||
| Aging Diminishes Spinal Cord Regeneration After Injury Understanding how aging impacts recovery and repair after a spinal cord injury (SCI). | ||
| Spinal Neural Circuits - Therapy & Nerve Functions Motor skill rehabilitation may be more effective if therapy routines reflect which type of neural circuit controls the physical movement. | ||
| Endoscopic Spine Surgery Safe and Effective Investigators find endoscopic spine surgery to be safe and effective at the 23rd annual meeting of the Spine Intervention Society. | ||
| Non-invasive Spinal Cord Stimulation - Paralyzed Move Legs Transcutaneous stimulation delivers electrical current to the spinal cord by way of electrodes placed on the skin of the lower back. | ||
| Epidural Stimulation Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury Care Wings for Life and the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation unite to fund epidural stimulation research aimed at restoring movement after spinal cord injury. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Protective Immune Response to Spinal Cord Injuries Interleukin-33 is released upon injury and activates cells called glia, beginning protective response and promoting recovery. | ||
| Trigger Mechanism for Recovery After SCI Study suggests activation of muscle spindles essential to promote recovery process of damaged neuronal networks after spinal cord injury. | ||
| UNiD Patient-Specific Rod for Spinal Deformities Osteosynthesis rod designed and manufactured pre-operatively to realign the spine which had been deformed from scoliosis. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Is a Brace Necessary for Spinal Fractures? Study reveals patients with spinal compression fractures who wore no brace fared as well as patients instructed to wear a brace for treatment. | ||
| BioAccel Call to Bring Life-Altering Technology to Paralyzed Patients BioAccel life-altering mission to restore health and independence to the lives of people with spinal cord injuries. | ||
| Procedure for SCI Patients to Breathe on Their Own Possibility that respiratory paralysis can be reversed at long intervals after spinal cord injury. | ||
| Spinal Cord Injury: Bladder Function and Infections Study addresses critical health problem for those who are paralyzed by improving bladder function among people with spinal cord injuries. | ||
| Neuralstem Spinal Cord Injury Stem Cell Trial Neuralstem, Inc. announce first patient was treated in trial testing NSI-566 human neural stem cells for treatment of chronic spinal cord injury (cSCI). | ||
| Research on Severe Spinal Cord Injuries Researchers discover cause of involuntary muscle contractions in severe spinal cord injuries and results may pave the way for new treatment methods. | ||
| Idiopathic Coliosis (AIS): Pediatric Spinal Deformity Idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is the most common form of pediatric spinal deformity and affects around 3% of children around the world. | ||
| Spinal Cord Neurons that Control Limb Movement Identified Researchers have identified two types of neurons that enable the spinal cord to control skilled forelimb movement. | ||
| Patients with Paraplegia Regain Movement with Spinal Stimulation People with paraplegia able to voluntarily move paralyzed muscles as result of therapy involving electrical stimulation of spinal cord. | ||
| New Hope for Repairing Nerves After Spinal Cord Injury New discovery suggests it could one day be possible to chemically reprogram and repair damaged nerves after spinal cord injury or brain trauma. | ||
| Spinal Implant Shows Promise for Osteoporotic Spine Fractures Patients with spinal fractures caused by osteoporosis or weakened bones can now reduce pain, restore function and improve quality of life with new type of vertebral augmentation. | ✓ | |
| Syringomyelia Syrinx: A Spinal Cord Disorder Information regarding the spinal cord disorder Syringomyelia, a disorder in which a cyst forms within the spinal cord. | ||
| Replacing Ventilators with Diaphragm Pacing in SCI Patients Study shows diaphragm pacing in SCI is successful when weaning patients from ventilators and bridging patients to independent respiration. | ||
| Number of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries Rising The number of serious traumatic spinal cord injuries is on the rise in the United States, and the leading cause no longer appears to be motor vehicle crashes. | ||
| Axon Regeneration After Schwann Cell Graft to Injured Spinal Cord Researchers reveal properties of a spinal cord/Schwann cell bridge interface enable regenerated and elongated brainstem axons to cross the bridge and potentially lead to an improvement in hind limb movement of rats with spinal cord injury. | ||
| Biphasic Electrical Stimulation for SCI Patients Article examines findings that Biphasic Electrical stimulation (BES) may be used as a strategy for preventing cell apoptosis in stem cell based transplantation therapy in injured spinal cords. | ||
| Reversing Paralysis Using Restorative Gel Functionality of torn or damaged nerve could be restored with biodegradable implant and Guiding Regeneration Gel that increases nerve growth and healing. | ||
| Restoring Paretic Hand Function via Artificial Neural Connection Study demonstrates artificial neural connections can compensate for interrupted descending pathways and promote volitional control of upper limb movement after damage of neural pathways by SCI or stroke. | ||
| Reflex Control Could Improve Walking after Incomplete Spinal Injuries A training regimen to adjust the body's motor reflexes may help improve mobility for some people with incomplete spinal cord injuries. | ||
| Functional Electrical Stimulation Cycling Promotes SCI Recovery Study finds long term lower extremity functional electrical stimulation (FES) cycling associated with substantial improvements in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). | ||
| Degenerative Cervical Spine Disease May Not Progress Over Time For many patients with unstable cervical degenerative spondylolisthesis observation may be a better choice than surgery according new research. | ||
| Findings from SCI Brain Computer Interface Study Researchers describe how an electrode array on top the brain enabled a paralyzed man to control movement of a character on computer screen in 3 dimensions with thoughts. | ||
| Non-invasive Stimulation After Spinal Cord Injury Using noninvasive stimulation improved ability of people with spinal cord injuries to use their hands showing promise for treating partially paralyzed due to SCI. | ||
| Study of Spinal Cord Repair in Zebrafish Study on mechanisms of spinal cord repair in zebrafish, which can regenerate their spinal cord following an injury. | ||
| Healing the Spinal Cord with Omega-3 and Curcumin UCLA study shows diet enriched with omega-3 fatty acid and Curcumin may preserve walking ability with spinal-cord injury. | ||
| Cervical Spine Fracture - Similar Outcome for Surgical vs. Nonsurgical Treatment For older adults with C2 fractures of the upper cervical spine surgery and nonsurgical treatment provide similar short and long term outcomes. | ||
| New Therapeutic Approach for Spinal Cord Injuries Research suggests possible new avenue to counteract degeneration of the spinal cord in human spinal cord injury (SCI) cases. | ||
| Revised International Standards for Classification of Spinal Cord Injury New standards that guide consistent classification of spinal cord injuries in care and research. | ||
| Spinal X-rays Found to be Safe X-rays of blood vessels near the spinal cord often feared for possible complications of stroke and kidney damage found to be safe and effective. | ||
| Paralyzed Man Stands Using Epidural Spinal Stimulation Paraplegic man stands and steps voluntarily after epidural electrical stimulation of the spinal cord in a landmark UCLA and University of Louisville study. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Hope in New Treatment for Spinal Cord Injuries Chemically synthesized siRNA molecule decreases production of the RhoA protein when administered to the spine and allows regeneration of nerve cells. | ||
| Sugar Residues in Spinal Cord Regulate Growth and Survival of Nerve Cells Specific sugar residues in the spinal cord regulate the growth and survival of nerve cells which control the movement of muscles. | ||
| Life After Spinal Cord Injury and UroMed Catheters Bert Burns - Enabled Online Enabled Online has featured Bert Burns in an article about overcoming a spinal cord injury. | ||
| Regeneration of Spinal Cord Injuries with Cancer Drug After a spinal cord injury factors impede the regeneration of nerve cells including destabilization of the cytoskeleton and development of scar tissue. | ||
| Regenerative Benefit of MultiStem After Spinal Cord Injury Data supporting the potential therapeutic benefit of Athersys MultiStem program for spinal cord injury. | ||
| Photons Versus Protons for Spinal Cord Gliomas Treatment Long-term outcomes of spinal-cord tumor patients treated by radiotherapy for Gliomas which represent most spinal cord tumors. | ||
| AAOS Fails to Consider Evidence in Favor of Vertebroplasty Whether vertebroplasty had additional value compared with optimum pain treatment in a well-defined group of patients with acute vertebral compression fractures. | ||
| New Spinal Implant Will Help People with Paraplegia to Exercise Paralyzed Limbs New type of microchip muscle stimulator implant that will enable people with paraplegia to exercise their paralyzed leg muscles. | ||
| Natural Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury While regeneration after severe brain and spinal cord injury is limited milder SCI are often followed by good functional recovery. | ||
| Many Spinal Fractures Under-diagnosed and Under-treated Spinal fractures caused by osteoporosis are often dismissed as back pain or arthritis and do not come to clinical attention. | ||
| Understanding Quadriplegia: Causes and Complications Quadriplegia is paralysis affecting all four limbs and torso, caused by cervical spinal cord injury or illness, resulting in loss of movement and sensation. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Single Gene Regulates Motor Neurons in Spinal Cord Single type of gene acts as a master organizer of motor neurons in spinal cord finding could help scientists develop new treatments for Lou Gehrigs disease or spinal cord injury. | ||
| Human Neural Stem Cells Restore Motor Function in Mice with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury UCI study is first to show reversal of long-term hind-limb paralysis. | ||
| Department of Defense Gives $5.4 Million to Spinal Cord Injury Research US DoD $5.4 million grant to support expansion of translational research to find treatments for military men and women with spinal cord injuries. | ||
| Breakthrough as Nerve Connections Regenerated After Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration of nerve connections that control voluntary movement after spinal cord injury - potential for paralysis and motor function impairments. | ||
| New Discovery in Nerve Regrowth U of C scientists find new method to help nerves grow after trauma or injury. | ||
| Disability Benefits Vital to Those With Spinal Cord Injury Because spinal cord injury is such a catastrophic event people are suddenly faced with all sorts of changes. | ||
| Promising Spinal-cord Injury Treatment University of Alberta's Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine discovery offers promising research for spinal-cord injury treatments (SCI). | ||
| CT Scan Eliminates Need for X-rays to Detect Spinal Fractures CT technique eliminates the need for X-rays in trauma patients with possible spinal fractures. | ||
| Folic Acid May Help Heal Spinal Cord and Brain Injuries Understanding how folic acid might help heal brain and spinal cord injuries. | ||
| Evidence Chitosan Could Repair Spine Damage Could chitosan restore the spinal cords ability to transmit electrical signals to the brain through a damaged region. | ||
| Next Decade Offers Promise for Spinal Cord Injury Treatment New developments in the management of spinal cord injuries (SCI) are on the horizon. | ||
| Spinal Cord Injuries and Destructive Inflammations CD95L might be a treatment for inflammatory diseases such as autoimmune disorders rheumatoid arthritis or multiple sclerosis. | ||
| Step Closer to Spinal Cord Defects Closure Johns Hopkins neuroscientists discovery key to spinal cord defects. | ||
| New Device Helps Paralyzed Patients Breathe Easier Device designed to improve breathing in patients with upper spinal-cord injuries to keep them from breathing independently. | ||
| Prevent Spinal Cord Damage with Vitamin B3 Precursor Substances naturally produced by the human body may one day help prevent paralysis following a spinal cord injury. | ||
| Combinatorial Therapy Elicits Spinal Cord Regeneration Research finds that adult neurons can still regenerate as long as 15 months after a spinal cord injury. | ||
| Spinal Cord Injury Immune Response May Worsen Damage Antibodies may promote healing and reduce the long term effects of spinal cord injury. | ||
| New Drug Targets for Spinal Cord Injury Currently there are no treatments to reverse damage to the spinal cord only approaches to prevent further damage. | ||
| Natural Hydrogel Helps Heal Spinal Cord Injuries Injecting biomaterial gel into a spinal cord injury site provides significantly improved healing. | ||
| Food Dye may Help Treat Spinal Cord Injury Common food dye may offer promise for preventing secondary damage that immediately follows a traumatic injury to the spinal cord. | ||
| Researchers Regenerate Axons Necessary for Voluntary Movement Regeneration of a critical type of nerve fiber that travels between the brain and the spinal cord. | ||
| Shutting Down Inflammation Reverses Damage from Spinal Cord Injury Researchers have been able to speed recovery and substantially reduce damage resulting from spinal cord injury in preclinical studies. |
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