Spinal Cord Injury Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada Sheila Casemore & Lubna Aslam Spinal Cord Injury Alberta, Calgary AB, Canada Teren Clarke Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada Kathleen A. Martin Ginis Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Facu...
Inflammation is increasingly recognized to be an important component of the secondary injury processes that occur after spinal cord injury. However, much remains unclear about the cellular and molecular details of the neuroinflammatory response to injury and how they contribute to the progression or ...
In Norway, almost all patients with tetraplegia (American Spinal Cord Injury Association Impairment Scale grade A or B on the cervical level) use electrical wheelchairs. The expenses are covered by Social Security Service and type of wheelchair is proposed by the medical staff during the primary ...
Physical activity levels in people with spinal cord injury (SCI) have not been quantified relative to uninjured individuals in a large population-based sample. We aimed to quantify and compare physical activity in people with and without SCI, and to examine the associations between physical activity...
2. Characteristics of Athletes with a Spinal Cord Injury The characteristics of athletes with an SCI are variable, and profound differences to AB athletes exist; therefore, a multitude of aspects need to be considered. The scope of motor and sensory impairment stemming from an SCI depends on the...
Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes damage to the spinal cord and disrupts the physical and mental well-being of individuals with SCI [1]. In addition to motor and sensory deficits, SCI can cause impairments in autonomic, immune and bowels functions as well as disturb the composition of the gut...
Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular disease characterized by loss of motoneurons in the brain stem and spinal cord and caused by deletion or mutation of the survival of motoneuron 1 (SMN1) gene [1]. The SMN2 gene is highly similar but contains mutations leading to exclusion of...