| Outcome after incomplete spinal cord injury: central cord versus Brown-Sequard syndrome. | |
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PMID: 19901956 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data. OBJECTIVE: A hemisection of the spinal cord is a frequently used animal model for spinal cord injury (SCI), the corresponding human condition, that is, the Brown-Sequard syndrome (BS), is relatively rare as compared with the central cord syndrome (CC). The time course of neurological deficit, functional recovery, impulse conductivity and rehabilitation length of stay in BS and CC subjects were compared. SETTING: Nine European Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Centers. METHODS: Motor score, walking function, daily life activities, somatosensory evoked potentials and length of stay were evaluated 1 and 6 months after SCI, and were compared between age-matched groups of tetraparetic BS and CC subjects. RESULTS: For all analyzed measures no difference in the time course of improvement was found in 15 matched pairs. CONCLUSION: In contrast to the assumption of a better outcome of subjects with BS, no difference was found between the two incomplete SCI groups. This is of interest with respect to the different potential mechanisms leading to a recovery of functions in these two SCI subgroups. |
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Authors:
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M Wirz; B Zörner; R Rupp; V Dietz |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2009-11-10 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Spinal cord Volume: 48 ISSN: 1476-5624 ISO Abbreviation: Spinal Cord Publication Date: 2010 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-05-06 Completed Date: 2010-08-09 Revised Date: 2011-06-06 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9609749 Medline TA: Spinal Cord Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 407-14 Citation Subset: IM |
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Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland. mwirz@paralab.balgrist.ch |
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Activities of Daily Living Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Brown-Sequard Syndrome / physiopathology, rehabilitation* Central Cord Syndrome / physiopathology, rehabilitation* Disability Evaluation Electrodiagnosis Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory / physiology Female Humans Length of Stay Male Middle Aged Outcome Assessment (Health Care) / methods* Physical Therapy Modalities / statistics & numerical data Prognosis Prospective Studies Recovery of Function / physiology* Retrospective Studies Spinal Cord / pathology, physiopathology Spinal Cord Injuries / physiopathology, rehabilitation* Trauma Severity Indices Treatment Outcome Young Adult |
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