Intermittent mild negative pressure applied to the lower limb in patients with spinal cord injury and chronic lower limb ulcers: a crossover pilot study

Spinal Cord ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 372-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Øyvind Heiberg Sundby ◽  
Ingebjørg Irgens ◽  
Lars Øivind Høiseth ◽  
Iacob Mathiesen ◽  
Eivind Lundgaard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Negative Pressure ◽  
Lower Limb ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Chronic Lower Limb Ulcers

scholarly journals Relationship between structural brainstem and brain plasticity and lower-limb training in spinal cord injury: a longitudinal pilot study

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Villiger ◽  
Patrick Grabher ◽  
Marie-Claude Hepp-Reymond ◽  
Daniel Kiper ◽  
Armin Curt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Lower Limb ◽  
Brain Plasticity ◽  
Cord Injury

scholarly journals Intermittent negative pressure applied to the lower limb increases foot macrocirculatory and microcirculatory blood flow pulsatility in people with spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 382-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Øyvind Heiberg Sundby ◽  
Lars Øivind Høiseth ◽  
Ingebjørg Irgens ◽  
Iacob Mathiesen ◽  
Eivind Lundgaard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Blood Flow ◽  
Negative Pressure ◽  
Lower Limb ◽  
Microcirculatory Blood Flow ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Flow Pulsatility

scholarly journals Access to community support workers during hospital admission for people with spinal cord injury: a pilot study

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne L. Nunnerley ◽  
Rachelle A. Martin ◽  
Matthew Aldridge ◽  
John A. Bourke ◽  
Ian Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Hospital Admission ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Cord Injury

Improving sit-to-stand transition by the saddle-assistive device in the spinal cord injury: A case study

2021 ◽  
pp. 095441192110033
Author(s):  
Akbar Hojjati Najafabadi ◽  
Saeid Amini ◽  
Farzam Farahmand
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Lower Limb ◽  
Reaction Force ◽  
Assistive Device ◽  
Limb Weakness ◽  
Sit To Stand ◽  
Lower Limb Weakness ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Cord Injury

Physical problems caused by fractures, aging, stroke, and accidents can reduce foot power; these, in the long term, can dwindle the muscles of the waist, thighs, and legs. These conditions provide the basis for the invalidism of the harmed people. In this study, a saddle-walker was designed and evaluated to help people suffering from spinal cord injury and patients with lower limb weakness. This S-AD works based on body weight support against the previously report designs. This saddle-walker consisted of a non-powered four-wheel walker helping to walk and a powered mechanism for the sit-to-stand (STS) transfer. A set of experiments were done on the STS in the use of the standard walker and the saddle-assistive device(S-AD). A comparison of the results showed that this device could reduce the vertical ground reaction force (GRF) of the legs up to 70%. Using this device could help a wide range of patients with lower limb weakness and SCI patients in changing from sitting to standing.

scholarly journals Effect of service dogs on manual wheelchair users with spinal cord injury: A pilot study

2013 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffroy Hubert ◽  
Michel Tousignant ◽  
Fran�ois Routhier ◽  
H�l�ne Corriveau ◽  
No�l Champagne
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Service Dogs ◽  
Wheelchair Users ◽  
Manual Wheelchair ◽  
Cord Injury

scholarly journals Massive Edema of the Lower Limbs in Patients after Spinal Cord Injury—One Picture, Different Diagnoses

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 4219
Author(s):  
Magdalena Mackiewicz-Milewska ◽  
Małgorzata Cisowska-Adamiak ◽  
Katarzyna Sakwińska ◽  
Iwona Szymkuć-Bukowska ◽  
Iwona Głowacka-Mrotek
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Heterotopic Ossification ◽  
Lower Limb ◽  
Bone Fractures ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Pain Sensation ◽  
Vein Thrombosis ◽  
Cord Injury

Diagnosis of the cause of massive edema of the lower limbs in patients after spinal cord injury (SCI) can be difficult because of loss of pain sensation, commonly occurring in this group of patients. This paper reviews several different pathologies that can lead to lower-limb edema and the associated diagnostic difficulties. We present four cases of patients with massive edemas of lower limbs at different times after SCI undergoing treatment in the Department of Rehabilitation, University Hospital in Bydgoszcz, Poland. All patients had a lack of pain sensation in the lower limbs and significantly elevated levels of D-dimer. In two cases, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and intramuscular hematomas (IHs) were diagnosed. IHs were probably a consequence of antithrombotic treatments implemented due to the occurrence of DVT. Heterotopic ossification (HO) was diagnosed in a third case, and, in another patient, who was hospitalized for the longest period after injury, we found humeral bone fractures. Heterotopic ossification, intramuscular haematomas, and bone fractures of the lower limb can mimic DVT. Careful observation of the edema evolution is recommended, as the onset of new symptoms may indicate a different cause of edema from that initially established.

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